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LOT 2278
Medieval Lead Mary and Child Pilgrim's Plaque
LATE 14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (62.1 grams, 78 mm).
Low-relief image on a plaque with a small ellipsoid base; Mary with head inclined wearing a headrail, shift and overtunic with decorated collar, holding a facing infant Jesus; infant's legs and Mary's cuff forming attachment to base; plain reverse.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the similar example on display in the Museum of London.
Cf. similar in the Museum of London display 'Thames Foreshore Find'.
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LOT 2278
Medieval Lead Mary and Child Pilgrim's Plaque
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
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Opening Bid: £5
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with a punched-point border. 0.92 grams, 23 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate with Beast Facing Back
Circa 2nd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Rectangular plaque with low-relief image of a stylised seated beast with ornamental tail on a gilded field; pierced to the top, remains of a catchplate to the reverse. 13.6 grams, 36.6 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Inscribed Bronze Rosary or Paternoster Gaud
Probably England, circa 1450–1500 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
A substantial biconvex prayer bead pierced through its vertical axis and divided by a moulded equatorial band, the two halves engraved in Gothic blackletter with the Marian invocation: 'O MATER DEI / MEMENTO MEI' for 'O Mother of God, remember me'; six-pointed stars, flowers and foliate sprays accompany the lettering. 13.2 grams, 17 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The size and elaborate inscription are consistent with a larger gaud, used to distinguish prayers within a rosary or paternoster.
