Medieval Lead Vesica-Shaped Personal Seal Matrix of a Wife

YORKSHIRE, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (24 grams, 47 mm).

Scaphoid in plan with loop to one end; central motif of a fish with lateral fins; border with legend '+ S’AVICIE VXOR’ IOH’ ME' [seal of Avice (a common Anglo-Norman female name) wife of John the …..]. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 2171