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LOT 2208
Medieval Silver 'You and No Other' Posy Ring
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.83 grams, 19.14 mm overall, 16.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
Flat-section hoop with stamped flowers and tendrils, bastarda script legend 'vous et nul autre' (you and no other).
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
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LOT 2208
Medieval Silver 'You and No Other' Posy Ring
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Medieval Decorated Bronze Ring
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Penannular type, rectangular in plan with impressed border, scale design made from punched crescent motifs. 5.55 grams, 21.85 mm overall, 19.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Medieval and Later Bronze and Other Buckle Collection
Circa 13th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A collection of metal buckles, dress and strap fittings, comprising single-loop and double-loop buckle frames, associated plates, mounts and fastening fragments, including a shaped buckle frame decorated with pronounced curling scrolls, probably intended for a shoe or knee fastening. 87 grams total, 23-41 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
These illustrate the varied construction of fittings attached to leather straps or clothing, combining functional loops, bars and hooks with decorative profiles and surface ornament. The group principally represents medieval and early modern fastening types. The double-oval frames belong to a tradition particularly widespread during the later medieval period and the 16th–17th centuries, while the more elaborate scroll-decorated frame is consistent with late 17th- or early 18th-century dress accessories. -
Medieval Bronze Incense Burner
Germany, circa 1200 A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Hollow-formed two-part casting; base cup-shaped with basal ring and six radiating flanges with nimbate figures between, three rings to the rim; cover of similar shape with rings and flanges, openwork interstitial panels each with a tall standing figure beside a shorter one with vegetation, at the apex a slotted tube and knop finial. 686 grams total, 15.3 cm high
Collection of Melissa Minervino Gabardi (1943-2021), Milan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13510-262838.
Since early Christian times, the burning of incense during church services has symbolised prayers rising to heaven, which was particularly visible in the Eastern Liturgy. The censer's architectural form is enriched by the animal and human figures that adorn its surface.
