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LOT 0418
Medieval Silver Iconographic Type Ring with Heart and Cross
15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.13 grams, 22.85 mm overall, 19.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
The lower shank with facets, each with a reserved cross pommee; the shoulders each with a heater-shaped panel, one with a cross moline and the other with a heart; the bezel in two panels, one with a row of hearts, the other with ropework; traces of gilding to the bezel.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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 0418
Medieval Silver Iconographic Type Ring with Heart and Cross
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Decorated in blue, green and red champlevé enamel, displaying the engraved figure of a standing Christ, his hands gesturing outwards towards the viewer; traces of original gilding; originally the central panel of a processional cross. 124 grams, 15.2 cm
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the French art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13092-248393.
From the 12th to 14th century, there was a large industry producing metal objects decorated in enamel using the champlevé technique, of which most of the survivals and probably most of the original production, are religious objects such as reliquaries, crosses and statues of saints. The centre of this production was Limoges, France. -
Medieval Agate Cameo of an Eagle
11th-13th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £234
With reserved high-relief profile figure of an eagle with its head turned to the rear. 1.90 grams, 18 mm
French art market. Private collection, England. -
Medieval Bronze Ring with Fleur-de-Lys
12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising a D-section hoop with the shoulders formed as stylised beast-heads, a discoid bezel with fleur-de-lys. 5.01 grams, 22.48 mm overall, 18.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Found UK. Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
A circular bezel with a stylised flower decoration is soldered onto a thin ribbon-shaped link, which is flat on the inside and has two grooves on the outside. The style of the bezel decoration is Western Medieval, although the ring’s style finds parallels in specimens of Eastern Europe.
