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LOT 1817
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Collection
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (30.8 grams total, 18-33 mm).
Including heater-shaped, quatrefoil, lozengiform and other types with heraldic detailing. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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LOT 1817
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Clasped Hands
12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With central mane-in-fede motif beneath a star, Lombardic script legend '* FOY ME TENT' for 'fidelity sustains me'. 4.37 grams, 20 mm
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
This amatory legend is found on other matrices, where the first word is more usually spelled FEI – a similar example is PAS database, SOM-D80124. An impression in the National Library of Wales is attached to a document dated c.1310. For this and similar legends see, Jones, M., The Beautiful Game: Courtly Love Posies in Anglo-Norman Inscribed on Jewellery and Seals, in Journal of the British Archaeological Association 176 (2023), 1-30. -
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Medieval 'Thames' Bifacial Pewter Wine Tavern Token
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Obverse with bishop wearing mitre and holding crook, reverse with octofoil, alternating plain and hatched petals. 0.83 grams, 16 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
Medieval Silver Ring with Coiled Cross
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With carinated hoop, quatrefoil to each shoulder, scaphoid bezel with hatched border and spiral quatrefoil. 2.93 grams, 21.10 mm overall, 17.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
