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LOT 1695
Medieval Plumb Bob Weight Group
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 3 in. (174 grams total, 64-76 mm).
Each with a lozenge-shaped cross-section, one complete with suspension loop, the other with raised hatched panels. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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Large Medieval Bronze Knight's Heraldic Seal Matrix of Count Robert in Full Armour
Circa 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Featuring a large circular die face and hexagonal stem, with collars and pierced quatrefoil handle, incised orientation star to edge; the die bearing a knightly device of a helmet with chaplet on canted shield of arms bearing three bull's heads cabossed and chevron with surrounding ' LE * S * ROBERTI * LE CONTES' legend. 38.9 grams, 34 mm
Found near Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, circa 2008. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11901-204414.
'Sigillum Roberti le Contes ' is 'seal of Count Robert'. Three bulls' heads appear on the arms of the Beverley family. The chaplet or 'cap of maintenance' is a stylised fur-lined cap which appears in the heraldry of leading families; the helm of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral is made with a chaplet and a lion standing on the rim. -
Norman Period 'Thames' Bronze Bracteate Badge
Circa 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Displaying a repoussé design of concentric roundels with enigmatic script too centre and outer legend; pierced. 0.72 grams, 23 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK. -
Norman Period Bronze Ring with Dragon Walking Right
Circa 11th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The slender, convex hoop supporting an oval-shaped bezel, engraved with a dragon trotting left within a zigzag border. 2.81 grams, 22.82 mm overall, 19.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
