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LOT 1711
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Horse Motif
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (10.71 grams, 30.80 mm overall, 20.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
The hoop with plaques to the base and shoulders, raised bezel with incuse design. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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LOT 1711
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Horse Motif
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Medieval Iron Rowel Spur Collection
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Comprising examples of various types, including some retaining the rowel. 217 grams total, 11.5-14.8 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The deep curve of the shoulders, the lack of protrusion above the base of the rowel holder, the short rowel holder and the small diameter rowel are characteristics that point to dating some of this specimens in the 13th century. Kirpichnikov puts these spurs in type V (first half of the 13th-14th century) after a spur depicted on an English tombstone dating to the beginning of the 14th century. -
Medieval Bronze Horse Barrel Lock
12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Formed with a cylindrical body and four legs, stylised eye and ear detailing, saddle over back, muzzle formed as cylindrical socket. 25.3 grams, 40 mm
English collection, circa 2000. Acquired at the London Coin Fair. -
Medieval Stone Capital with Prophet Daniel and Lions
Spain or Southern France, 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
From an architectural column with a square upper face developing to a rounded base; a decorative frieze carved in the half-round depicting two seated lions, each with its tail looped around its lower body, supporting a pedestal on which a facing bust of a young boy is resting. 25.7 kg, 36 cm
Good condition
with Piasa, 7 June 2013, lot 17. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11738-202062.
The form of the capital and the shape of the beasts are similar to those sculptures that survive in churches on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela – namely in Southern France and Northern Spain, but the bodies of the lions have many correspondences with the capital sculptures of Poitou. The lions were considered to be guardians against evil and the image of the young boy is probably a representation of the prophet Daniel. There is a similar capital in the Church of d'Airvault (Deux-Sèvres) also ornamented with lions and a human head.
