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LOT 0430
Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800
MEDIEVAL KNIGHT'S HERALDIC RED ENAMELLED BRONZE ROUNDEL WITH SILVER UNICORN
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (12.29 grams, 42 mm).
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (12.29 grams, 42 mm).
A heavily patinated silver plate with red enamel field and reserved unicorn couchant among quatrefoils; pierced for suspension.
PROVENANCE:
From a Northants, UK, collection, 1990s.
FOOTNOTES:
The design appears to be based on the 'Maid and the Unicorn' tapestry now in the Cluny Museum, Paris, dated to circa 1500 A.D. The field of the tapestry is strewn with numerous flowers which gives the name 'millefleurs' ('thousand flowers') to the type.
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