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LOT 2285
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Robert
CIRCA 1200-1300 A.D.
1 in. (8.61 grams, 25 mm).
Circular seal matrix with remains of a suspension lug on the reverse, the obverse with a six-pointed star or flower at the centre, surrounded by a retrograde legend starting at twelve o'clock and reading '.S'RVB'TI FI'S (I/T)VRIS' for 'seal of Robert/Rupert son of [?]'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FB0903.
The patronymic on this seal is uncertain; if the first letter is I, then it may be Jarvis/Jervis.
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LOT 2285
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Robert
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Personal Lead Seal Matrix
Circa 14th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With central cross motif and legend to the border 'S’ADE:FABRI’ (seal of Adam (the) Smith). 15.3 grams, 26.5 mm
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
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Medieval Wooden Panel of The Nativity
Germany, Middle Rhine Valley, circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Carved in high relief, depicting an open-fronted wooden structure with a tiled or shingled roof and gabled dormer; beneath the roof, a wickerwork crib with the Christ Child, Mary and Joseph on each side of the crib and gazing down adoringly, a group of angels behind the crib, a pair of shepherds look on from the right, an ox and an ass behind Joseph; suspension wire to the reverse. 9.5 kg, 79.5 cm h x 91 cm w
Private collection, Burgundy, circa 1960s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13552-262840.
The compositional model for this relief comes from the Bladelin Triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1450, which for the first time set the architectural setting of the stable in which the Nativity takes place on the diamond rather than with its fourth wall parallel to the picture plane. The treatment of the carving and the ambitious planar construction of the stable's roof and columns can be compared with sculpture produced in Freiburg, Colmar and Strasbourg at this date, by artists including Hans Wydyz and Weit Wagner. -
Large Medieval Bronze Candlestick
England, Kent, circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a squat hollow-formed base with linear detailing to the sidewall, tubular stem with biconvex collar, tubular socket with horizontal linear ornament. 232 grams, 14 cm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
