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LOT 1806
Medieval Lead Weight Group
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 2 3/4 in. (976 grams total, 43-69 mm).
Including one a truncated cone with vertical ribbing, a square-section wedge with reserved 'T' to underside, and other types; two with typed collector's note. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, 1990s.
Accompanied by two typed information slips.
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Medieval Iron Cleaver Group
15th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising hook-ended examples together with one square-ended example. 8 kg total, 25-48 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
During the Roman period chopping tools such as cleavers were predominantly used whilst during the medieval period knives and cleavers were the preferred tools for butchering carcasses. Cleavers were also often depicted in medieval art as having riveted handles. Such handles made a cleaver more durable, whilst using steel as a component of the blade made it last longer. -
Late Medieval Stone Mould with Phallic Motif
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A soapstone mould carved on one side with a phallic motif of an elongated double groove with domed top and projecting terminal, possibly for casting scabbard fittings; on the verso four elongated strips, possibly strap ends or pendants, with decorative terminals; with lightly incised inscription to the obverse 'IN SUN[...]SUN'. 910 grams, 20.5 cm
Acquired in the 1980s. From an old German collection. Private collection, England. -
Medieval Glazed Floor Tile with Three Lions
England, 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Decorated with three crowned lion heads with long tongues and large circular eyes, framed by the bottom half of a shield-shaped background. 930 grams, 13.5 x 13.5 cm
Benjamin Proust, 2015. Ex central London gallery.
