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LOT 1846
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix for Richard Ellis
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (17.6 grams, 29 mm).
Discoid in plan with lug to reverse, central quatrefoil with interstitial bars, legend to the border '*[.] RICARD EL[..]' (seal of Richard Ell(is?)). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the later Peter Hooper Pewter and Lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College and was a longtime member of the Pewter Society, who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.
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