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LOT 1705
Medieval to Post Medieval Artefact Group
14TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 5 1/4 in. (1 kg total, 9-133 mm).
Mixed group including a rowel spur, finger rings, furniture fittings, musket balls, coins, tokens and other items. [196, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hertfordshire, UK.
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Medieval and Other Mixed Artefact Group
1st-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including lead decorative fittings, bronze ingot fragment, belt and harness buckles, hammered and pre-decimal coins, ring-brooch and other items. 2.06 kg total, 8-71 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval and Later Ceramic Fragment Collection
14th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including glazed heraldic floor tile, ribbed jug with horizontal banding, bellarmine jug pieces with portion of a bearded face, and other types. 926 grams total, 3-15 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Medieval Chrismatory with Limoges Panels
France, Limoges, circa 1220 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,100
Inner wooden casket with chamfered rim and separate lid, encased within rectangular gilt-bronze panels with enamel decoration, four gilt-bronze stud feet to the underside; the lid with three nimbate figures, a female saint with palm frond and two flanking figures holding books, all reserved on a blue field with interstitial polychrome rosettes; Side A: nimbate bearded bust of Christ in Majesty with right hand in gesture of benison, left hand supporting a book, flanked by two winged nimbate angels; Side B: nimbate bust of a winged angel in a roundel; Side C: geometric repeating pattern of lozenges with floral fill; Side D: mirror image of Side B. 760 grams, 14.5 cm
John Pierpont Morgan, New York, and London, until 1917. Private collection, Suffolk. Accompanied by a copy of a previous four page illustrated cataloguing document with references. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12039-212154.
The two end-panels are believed to have been added at a later date than the longer panels and may have been trimmed slightly along the lower edges. The panels are attached with domed pins of various types.
