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LOT 2237
Medieval Silver Ring with Glass Gem
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY AD.
1 in. (4.43 grams, 26.11 mm overall, 18.75 x 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
D-shaped hoop and trefoil shoulders, square-section bezel with band of pellets, claw setting for an iridescent glass cloison.
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire gentleman's collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 563, for type.
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LOT 2237
Medieval Silver Ring with Glass Gem
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Artefact Group
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: two stylised head mounts; a hinged lid cover shaped as a bird with its head turned back; a mount formed as an elongated leg with a hoof and pierced through the other end with a slot. 19.4 grams total, 13.7-58 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Medieval Pewter Knights of St Anthony Pilgrim's Badge
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Discoid with integral pierced lug; obverse with standing figure holding a staff (St. Anthony); reverse with Tau cross. 2.51 grams, 20 mm
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society. -
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Trefoil in plan with raised rim to each lobe, spur of sprue to one edge; low-relief images of the three hosts of Wilsnack. 3.58 grams, 32 mm
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
The "Holy Blood of Wilsnack" refers to three sacramental cups or hosts. In 1383, they miraculously survived a fire which destroyed the church and village of Bad Wilsnack. The hosts were revered and became the object of pilgrimages.
