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LOT 2248
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (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)).
Lentoid-section hoop with flat panels to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with incised nimbate bust in three-quarter view; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 587-588, for type.
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LOT 2248
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Incense Burner
Germany, circa 1200 A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Hollow-formed two-part casting; base cup-shaped with basal ring and six radiating flanges with nimbate figures between, three rings to the rim; cover of similar shape with rings and flanges, openwork interstitial panels each with a tall standing figure beside a shorter one with vegetation, at the apex a slotted tube and knop finial. 686 grams total, 15.3 cm high
Collection of Melissa Minervino Gabardi (1943-2021), Milan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13510-262838.
Since early Christian times, the burning of incense during church services has symbolised prayers rising to heaven, which was particularly visible in the Eastern Liturgy. The censer's architectural form is enriched by the animal and human figures that adorn its surface. -
Medieval and Later Silver Ring Group
Circa 15th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising flat-section hoop with oval bezel depicting a stylised quadruple animal in profile; flat-section hoop expanding to oval bezel with incised lines; rectangular-section hoop with stepped bezel engraved with star motif. 8.84 grams total, 20-25 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Bronze Straight and Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including annular, beehive and other types. 137 grams total, 16-21 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
