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LOT 0345
Medieval Silver Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Agnes Daughter of Adam of Walpole
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (11.1 grams, 36.4 mm).
With central fleur-de-lys motif, border with legend '+ S' AGNETIS FILE ADE DE WALEPOL'; supplied with an impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Adam’s home was one of the two villages named Walpole in East Anglia, one in Norfolk, one in Suffolk.
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LOT 0345
Medieval Silver Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Agnes Daughter of Adam of Walpole
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Medieval Inscribed Bronze Rosary or Paternoster Gaud
Probably England, circa 1450–1500 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
A substantial biconvex prayer bead pierced through its vertical axis and divided by a moulded equatorial band, the two halves engraved in Gothic blackletter with the Marian invocation: 'O MATER DEI / MEMENTO MEI' for 'O Mother of God, remember me'; six-pointed stars, flowers and foliate sprays accompany the lettering. 13.2 grams, 17 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The size and elaborate inscription are consistent with a larger gaud, used to distinguish prayers within a rosary or paternoster. -
Medieval Painting of Saint John on Patmos
Spain, circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Oil on board in a gilt-moulded frame with arcade detailing at the top; youthful figure shown sitting on a stone bench, barefoot with right leg extended; head bowed and book supported on the left knee, wearing a green tunic and large brown hooded travelling cloak; set in a landscape with hilltop city in the middle distance; reinforcing straps and suspension to the reverse. 4.15 kg, 61.5 cm high
Ex Vicar Anders Frostenson (1906-2006), Sweden. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13515-262842.
It was common in Western art of this period to depict Saint John on Patmos as a youthful figure. By contrast, the Eastern tradition tended to represent him as an old man. In this regard, if we accept that the author of the Apocalypse was Saint John the Evangelist, he would have been approximately ninety years old at the time of its composition. However, painters such as Francisco Pacheco portrayed Saint John the Evangelist on multiple occasions and, notably, tended to depict him as a young man. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with I and Stars
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Chessman type with 'I' between starbursts, legend to border '*S' *AR*MUSE*' supplied with an impression. 13.4 grams, 24 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
