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LOT 1749
Medieval 'Thames' Silver-Gilt Lozenge-Shaped Brooch
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.48 grams, 16 mm).
With narrow frame, pin mounted at the apex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
See Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002.
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Medieval and Other Artefact Group
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Medieval 'Thames' Glazed Floor Tile Fragment Group
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including one with a glazed fret design, one with radiating combs and another type. 1.65 kg total, 11.6-13.1 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. 2.29 grams, 28 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector on a medieval site in Wiltshire in the mid 1980s.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
