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LOT 0360
Medieval Red Clay Quatrefoil Tiles Decorated with Symbols of Saint John and Saint Mark
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
8 7/8 in. (2.53 kg total, 22.5 cm each).
Comprising a pair of quatrefoil-shaped tiles, each with raised border and high-relief motif of an animal; one with a seated winged lion with a halo and a scroll representing Saint Mark; other with an eagle with a halo and a scroll representing Saint John. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection near Avignon, France.
LiteratureSee The Rijskmuseum, object number: BK-NM-32-3, for the style.
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LOT 0360
Medieval Red Clay Quatrefoil Tiles Decorated with Symbols of Saint John and Saint Mark
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval and Later Bronze and Other Artefact Group
13th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of items, including buttons, buckles, coins, lead seals, and others. 284 grams total, 9-38 mm
Aquired on the UK art market circa 1990s. From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Robert
Circa 1200-1300 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Circular seal matrix with remains of a suspension lug on the reverse, the obverse with a six-pointed star or flower at the centre, surrounded by a retrograde legend starting at twelve o'clock and reading '.S'RVB'TI FI'S (I/T)VRIS' for 'seal of Robert/Rupert son of [?]'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 8.61 grams, 25 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, 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-FB0903.
The patronymic on this seal is uncertain; if the first letter is I, then it may be Jarvis/Jervis. -
Medieval Stained Glass Roundel with Two Women in Conversation
Northern France, circa 1530-1540 A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With painted scene of two females, one in profile and the other in three-quarter view holding a lit candle; mounted in a lead came. 260 grams, 20.7 cm
Private collection, London, UK.
