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LOT 1722
Medieval Purse Bar with 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead' and Fragment Group
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 - 3 7/8 in. (63 grams total, 62-98 mm).
One complete purse bar with linear ornament and swivel hoop; one purse bar arm with attachment lugs and inscription to both faces, part of: 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]'; possibly a version of 'Laus deo pax vivis requies defunctis', or 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead'; a carinated fragment inscribed 'ONOR' (the N retrograde), amidst flowering tendrils, part of the common inscription 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA' [Honour and glory be to God only], from 1 Timothy, v.17. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Williams, D., Finds Research Group, Datasheet 50, Copper-Alloy Purse Components, 2018; Portable Antiquities Scheme nos. BH-C238C7 and NMS-8281F5, for two fragments bearing 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]' inscription.
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LOT 1722
Medieval Purse Bar with 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead' and Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Medieval Bronze and Silver Artefact Group
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: a number of clothes fasteners, including openwork examples; a gilt fitting; a chape with triangular cross-section, scallopped lip and incised ornament; buckle and zoomorphic terminals. 12.7 grams total, 15-84 mm
From the Sullivan family collection, UK; acquired since 2003. -
Medieval Bronze Architectural Cross
Circa 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With substantial ridged and fluted base and lip to the reverse underside, equal-armed type with central roundel. 848 grams, 13.3 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Medieval Bronze Ring with Jerusalem Cross
12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
The hoop with a convex outer face, splayed shoulders displaying decorative notching and a barrel-shaped bezel engraved with a Jerusalem cross. 4.76 grams, 21.54 mm overall, 19.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 12)
Acquired on the German art market around 2000s. From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK.
