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LOT 2310
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of William Son of Ansell
CIRCA 1200-1300 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (14.7 grams total, 28 mm).
Circular seal matrix with an eight-pointed star or flower as the central device, surrounded by a retrograde legend reading '+S'WILL'I FIL' ANSELLI-' with the final symbol being a place filler, translating to 'seal of William son of Ansell', the reverse with an incomplete suspension lug and an inked collector's note; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Brookland, 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-FAD34F.
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LOT 2310
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of William Son of Ansell
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 Gilt Basse-Taille Plaques from a Processional Cross Depicting Evangelists
Spain, Catalonia, circa 1400-1420 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 7 | Current Bid: £320
Group of four quatrefoil plaques, each with a hole at the end of each arm for attachment; champ-levé enamelled images of the symbols of the evangelists: angel, ox, and lion, one with an image of a pelican piercing her side with her own beak, symbolising Christ's Passion; each with a looped and draped band, the angel holding a banner with a legend 'marcus' in bastarda script. 27.49 grams total, 48-50 mm
Galerie Ratton Ladriere, 2021. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13470-262833.
Processional crosses in late medieval Catalonia were richly decorated with gilt silver and basse-taillle plaques. In terms of the typology of Catalan crosses in the later Middle Ages, the present work was part of a 'cruz flordelisada' (cross adorned with a fleur-de-lis), which was a Catalan fashion in the 14th and 15th centuries, and which was used in Christian processions. -
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Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Leopard
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Heater-shaped with integral pierced suspension lug; incuse leopard passant guardant. 15.5 grams, 41.8 mm
Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s. -
Large Medieval Knight's Enamelled Gilt Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant and Hanger
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £108
Comprising a rectangular hanger with two attachment loops and four holes, with low-relief motif of fleur-de-lys and crown to the obverse; flower-shaped pendant with six applied trefoils to the rim and a central applied pellet; traces of gilding. 19.1 grams total, 28.5-42 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
