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LOT 0333
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Inscription
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.94 grams, 25.84 mm overall, 18.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Thick plano-convex hoop with lion-head detail to each shoulder, flared shank and ellipsoid bezel with central field of rosettes, masks, and other motifs, surrounded by a border with stamped Cyrillic legend.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 595, 609, for type.
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LOT 0333
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Inscription
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 Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Hare Riding a Hound
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Central roundel with a hare riding a hound and blowing on a hunting horn; border with legend 'SOHOV ROABIN'; supplied with an impression. 10 grams, 25 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
This is an example of what is probably the most popular of all medieval seal matrix designs, the World Turned Upside Down image of the hare riding on the hound and blowing a hunting horn. The device is found in English illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, floor tiles, etc. The legend is composed of the medieval hunting-cry, Soho! and the name of the dog – most commonly, Robin – as here, though slightly garbled. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Fede Ring
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Flat-section hoop with bezel formed as clasped hands, pointillé detailing to the cuffs. 5.48 grams, 24.85 mm overall, 22.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z, USA 12 1/2, Europe 28.77, Japan 27)
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Very Large Medieval Lead Heraldic Seal Matrix
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Heater-shaped with central heraldic shield showing two chevronels and a fess between, border with legend '+PARROR[..]RT[..]SITORIS', supplied with an impression. 146 grams, 53 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Arms with this general scheme (fess between chevronels) occur in several families including Trevanion, Seward, Seneschall, Hill, Lisle, Lyde, Davent, Grandin, Trewrek, Hopham, Walpole, Austen and several others, some with additional charges and/or variations of colour.
