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LOT 2287
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix Collection
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/4 in. (50 grams total, 26-33 mm).
Comprising discoid and vesica-shaped examples; legends include '+ SV.SIMOIS. P.WILEL[M]I', ':S'HAMONIV[.]RICI', 'S' WILMI WILLMI', '*S'IOHISP'I[.]ICI', each supplied with an impression.
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
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LOT 2287
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix Collection
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Pocket Mirror Case with Mirror
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Head of John the Baptist
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With central profile bust, border with legend '* CAPVT SERVI DEI' (head of a servant of God); supplied with an impression. 5.33 grams, 20.9 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Large Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Trees
Pre-1450 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With broad carinated hoop and discoid bezel; each facet of the hoop with niello-inlaid legend 'Arter D'Aielo'; trefoil to each spandrel; bezel with central motif of three trees within a circular border with Lombardic script legend 'X S' Den . Pere . Iohan' (seal of Denis, father of John); supplied with an old collector's record card. 12.84 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 20.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original 1970s-1980s typed collector's card.
