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LOT 1780
Medieval Lead Heraldic Trade Weight Collection
1200-1400 A.D.
7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (709 grams total, 23-56 mm).
Heater-shaped with high-relief reserved lion rampant and other motifs. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1960s-1980s.
From an old Carlisle private archaeological collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1780
Medieval Lead Heraldic Trade Weight Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Medieval Gilt Bronze Statuette of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
England, 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled standing and wearing long robes, low crown on her head, short sword held on her right hand and a book on her left hand; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 29.9 grams, 52 mm (74.5 grams total, 60 mm including stand)
Private collection, UK. -
Medieval Bronze Inscribed Ring Brooch
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Flat-section hoop with legend to obverse 'X POVERT PA'. 6.36 grams, 30 mm
Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.
This popular ring-brooch legend is the beginning of a proverb [Whiting P334: poverty parts company] found in 15th century manuscripts, which the brooches may well antedate – see, for example, PAS database SF-84C91E, i.e. the perhaps cynical observation that if one loses one’s money, one loses one’s friends. -
Medieval Lead Vessel Group
13th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each barrel-shaped with flared rim, one pinched into a trefoil. 42 grams total, 24-25 mm
Property of a South Australian gentleman; from his father's collection formed in the 1960s-2000s; thence by descent. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.