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LOT 0326
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring
CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.85 grams, 25.63 mm overall, 20.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
Heater shield to each keeled shoulder displaying a fleur-de-lys on a hatched field and five arrowheads (for the five wounds of Christ); rectangular keeled bezel with standing figure to each panel: Mary with book on the left, Christ triumphant bearing a sword on the right.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Ex E.C. Fuller collection.
Ex Isle of Avalon Coins and Antiquities, Leiston, Suffolk, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman since 2010.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 589, 591, for type.
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LOT 0326
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Medieval Boxwood Drinking Cup with Gilt Copper Fittings
Southern Germany, circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Turned wooden vessel with tiered foot, twisted fluting to the stem, globular body with scrolled ledge handle, slightly tapering neck and everted rim to the mouth; with old collector's note in German dated 1914. 440 grams, 20 cm high
Pfyffer von Altishofen (1914), a well known family in central Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13539-262846.
This small wooden cup from Germany, dating to around 1500 AD, represents the fascinating transitional period from the late Gothic to the early Renaissance. During this era, the function of such small cups shifted from that of purely portable, sturdy travel containers to that of prestigious art objects intended for the more settled burgher and noble classes. -
Medieval Bronze Ring with 'BIVE IV DIVE'
Circa 1150-1500 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular-section hoop with high borders flanking a slightly garbled inscription, possibly either in Anglo-French or Latin, reading '+BIVE IV DIVE+BIVE IV DIVE'. 2.12 grams, 21.70 mm overall, 19.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Mersham, 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-3F4BA2.
According to PAS, the 'IV' could be an uncommon medieval Anglo-French version of 'Je' or even 'en'; 'DIVE' could be 'diev', the French word for God. Thus, the second part of the repeating inscription could be 'in God'. -
Medieval Bronze Ring with Dove
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Slender hoop with rectangular plaque, corrugated shoulders; incuse perching bird on a branch. 1.87 grams, 20.20 mm overall, 17.96 x 14.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
