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LOT 0386
Medieval Knight's Gilt Bronze Enamelled Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Crowned Royal Lion
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (8.2 grams, 44 mm).
Rectangular pendant with pelletted border, reserved repoussé crowned lion passant gardant on a keyed field to accept enamel fill.
ProvenanceFound Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
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LOT 0386
Medieval Knight's Gilt Bronze Enamelled Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Crowned Royal Lion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix with a Bird
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With central motif of a bird wearing the confessor's stole and holding an aspergillum in one foot, legend to the border '*CONFITEOR TIBI ABSOLVO TE' (I confess to you; I absolve you). 7.59 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
A fox - the penitent - lurks below the confessor, here depicted as a bird (duck?) wearing the confessor’s stole and holding a sprinkler for holy water in one foot. The confessor is about to become the fox’s next meal. This is an important addition to the repertoire of renardine satire – the fox-as-preacher to a congregation of birds (often with a couple already stashed in his hood behind) is a common motif in several media. On seal WILT-41EDE6, for example, he stands (with crozier) preaching to a duck and cockerel, but this is the first example of him coming to confession – with malice aforethought, of course. -
Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Zoomorphic Spur Terminal
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fragment of a rowel spur comprising the arched arms, lateral wings and median body; pierced to accept a rowel. 48.9 grams, 67 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. -
Medieval Processional Cross Fragment Group
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Group of conserved gilt-bronze and other fragments including the discoid head with radiating openwork florid cross finials and eagle of St. John, ribbed arm beneath; similar fragment with plain attachment shank; angel as the symbol of St. Matthew the Evangelist, left hand supporting a book; fragments of the tubular socket and other items. 1.6 kg total, 3.6-17 cm
Believed to be found by Mr Bramble, UK. Recorded and conserved by Gloucestershire museum and held in a museum conservation box. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11977-210855.
