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LOT 2225
Medieval Silver-Gilt Hat Pin with Mary and Child
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.26 grams, 14 mm).
Discoid in plan with notched rim, S-curved pin and raised beaded frame enclosing a reserved image of Mary and infant Jesus on a hatched field.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion of the type.
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LOT 2225
Medieval Silver-Gilt Hat Pin with Mary and Child
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Lentoid-section hoop with flat panels to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with incised nimbate bust in three-quarter view; repaired. 3.99 grams, 21.55 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Bronze Corpus Christi Crucifix
Swabia, 12th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Modelled in the half-round and hollow to the reverse, with extended arms and elongated hands, crowned head tilted and lentoid eyes downcast in solemn expression, long hanks of hair falling on his shoulders; wearing a knee-length pleated garment, secured to the waist with a thick cord; chevron rib detailing; pierced hands and block beneath feet. 150 grams, 14.1 cm
From the collection of Prof. Dr Rudolf Schnellbach, the Director of the Baden State Museum. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13529-262856.
In accordance with the old tradition derived from Byzantium, Christ is depicted as alive, with nailed hands. It may have once been part of an altar decoration or, rather, placed above or in the chancel arch of a church. -
Heavy Medieval Gilt Bronze Reliquary Box Lid with Engraved Floral Cross
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a heavy rectangular plaque with engraved floral decoration at the top, a circular hole in the centre. 90.6 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
