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LOT 1554
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Ampulla and Scallop Shell Badge Collection
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 3 5/8 in. (73 grams total, 20-93 mm).
Mainly comprising fragmentary badges, including: an ampulla with reserved cross on a hatched field; larger scallop pierced for attachment; other miscellaneous fragments. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.
Accompanied by a copy of the The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LON-BACC15 for the ampulla.
Cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, items 180 (for type), 248; The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), record id. LON-BACC15, for this cross decorated ampulla fragment.
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LOT 1554
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Pilgrim's Ampulla and Scallop Shell Badge Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Medieval Lead 'RICARD SNICHT' Seal Matrix
Circa 14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Discoid in plan with eight-armed star at centre and surrounding '+ S' RICARD : SNICHT:' incuse and reversed inscription for 'seal of Richard Snicht' with retrograde 'N'; accompanied by an impression. 12 grams, 2.8 cm
Found Essex, UK. -
Medieval Silver 'Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland' Royal Hawking Vervel
Circa 1440-1460 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Or a leg ring inscribed '+Earle of Rutland' in derivative black letter script, for a female merlin or sparrow hawk (due to the youth of Edmund Plantagenet who died aged 17); the ring with a convex interior face. 0.56 grams, 8 mm
Acquired in the 1960s. Ex Bursnall collection, Leicestershire, UK. From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Unique and with links to royalty and the Wars of the Roses. Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland was executed after the Battle of Wakefield (probably by John Clifford) and was the son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (a great-grandson of Edward III, father of Edward IV and one of the most powerful English magnates during the Wars of the Roses between the Yorkists and Lancastrians). The first Earl of Rutland was Edmund Plantagenet (grandson of Edward III and executed following the Southampton Plot against Henry V), uncle to Richard. The Earldom of Rutland has historically been closely linked to the Duchy and House of York. -
Medieval Pewter Tripod Candlestick with Relief Decoration
Flanders, 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
Hemispherical cup to top, six semi-circular loops to neck and shoulder, decoration to each of three faces in relief comprising: a rider on horseback; a lion; a male and female figure embracing, each corner with a D-shaped flange with zoomorphic or foliate ornament. 165 grams, 8 cm
Ex Pierre-Richard Royer, 2010. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.202060.
