Medieval Stained Glass Panel with an Angel

One complete purse bar with linear ornament and swivel hoop; one purse bar arm with attachment lugs and inscription to both faces, part of: 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]'; possibly a version of 'Laus deo pax vivis requies defunctis', or 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead'; a carinated fragment inscribed 'ONOR' (the N retrograde), amidst flowering tendrils, part of the common inscription 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA' [Honour and glory be to God only], from 1 Timothy, v.17. 63 grams total, 62-98 mm



Acquired on the UK market, 1990s. Property of a retired academic.

Including glazed vessels of various types: tripod pots, dishes, platters, together with a decorated fragment; chipped and cracked. 4.15 kg total, 14.5-33.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The majority of ceramics here presented are kitchen wares. Usually cooking pots are the most numerous forms in the majority of medieval contexts. They are mostly related to domestic functions, cooking pots being used to boil food or fry it. They come in different sizes and have globular bodies, everted rims and one or two handles. Ceramics from Dundee, Scotland, and Southampton, confirm that one of the most common vessel types employed among 1490-1510 A.D. was the tripod pipkin, with globular body, rounded base, three legs and a single or double handle, like the specimen here visible. These specimens were very often redware pottery imported from the Low Countries.

Architectural column capital modelling curled acanthus leaves, rising from a narrow stem, curving outwards and away from each other. 118.4 kg, 46 cm high

Fine condition.

Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.