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LOT 1883
Medieval Stained Glass Panel of a Bishop
NORTHERN FRANCE, LATE 15TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (75 grams, 10.5 cm).
Wearing a jewelled cope and with a disc brooch on the folded collar; lead came frame with suspension loops. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx central London gallery.
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Medieval Iron Cleaver Group
15th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising hook-ended examples together with one square-ended example. 8 kg total, 25-48 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
During the Roman period chopping tools such as cleavers were predominantly used whilst during the medieval period knives and cleavers were the preferred tools for butchering carcasses. Cleavers were also often depicted in medieval art as having riveted handles. Such handles made a cleaver more durable, whilst using steel as a component of the blade made it last longer. -
Medieval Gilt Bronze Mount with Lion
12th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With an openwork rectangular plaque and trefoil finial, raised lion stattant regardant to the plaque. 3.9 grams, 26 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Medieval Iron Caltrop Anti-Cavalry Group
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising thirteen caltrops, hand-forged with square-section spikes. 423 grams total, 82-90 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
P. Žákovský has been able to classify medieval caltrops, mainly from 13th to 15th century A.D., on the basis of their morphology, into four main typologies, each with different variants. Caltrops with single-pointed spikes, whose interpretation, however, is often ambiguous belong to type I. The other three types represent classic four-pointed caltrops, and individual types in this group differ from one another just in their cross-section.
