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LOT 0327
Medieval Silver Iconographic Ring with Three Saints
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.94 grams, 25.13 mm overall, 21.69 x 19.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Twisted ropework detailing to D-section hoop, shoulders with raised median bands developing three panels, each with a reserved standing figure of a saint.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s.
From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.
Cf. Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession Number M.242-1962.
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LOT 0327
Medieval Silver Iconographic Ring with Three Saints
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 Gilt Basse-Taille Plaques from a Processional Cross Depicting Evangelists
Spain, Catalonia, circa 1400-1420 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Group of four quatrefoil plaques, each with a hole at the end of each arm for attachment; champ-levé enamelled images of the symbols of the evangelists: angel, ox, and lion, one with an image of a pelican piercing her side with her own beak, symbolising Christ's Passion; each with a looped and draped band, the angel holding a banner with a legend 'marcus' in bastarda script. 27.49 grams total, 48-50 mm
Galerie Ratton Ladriere, 2021. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13470-262833.
Processional crosses in late medieval Catalonia were richly decorated with gilt silver and basse-taillle plaques. In terms of the typology of Catalan crosses in the later Middle Ages, the present work was part of a 'cruz flordelisada' (cross adorned with a fleur-de-lis), which was a Catalan fashion in the 14th and 15th centuries, and which was used in Christian processions. -
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 27.3 grams total, 15-22 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix of William
14th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a short handle with a collar and a suspension loop, a circular die with a central bird with long head plumes, surrounded by an inscription reading '+S' GVILL'DV_OT+*' for 'seal of William of [placename illegible]; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 7.48 grams, 23 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, 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-D83FAA.