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LOT 2332
Medieval to Post Medieval Bronze and Other Artefact Group
12TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3 1/8 in. (867 grams total, 11-80 mm).
Large group of various artefacts, including thimbles, mounts, buttons, strap ends, coins, a large crotal bell, a large cap inscribed 'IND CO OP & Co ROMFORD', and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
N.B. This lot is for UK buyers only.
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LOT 2332
Medieval to Post Medieval Bronze and Other Artefact Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Head of John the Baptist
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With central profile bust, border with legend '* CAPVT SERVI DEI' (head of a servant of God); supplied with an impression. 5.33 grams, 20.9 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Gilt Bronze 'De Bohun Family, Earl of Hereford' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Heater-shaped with integral loop above; three diagonal stripes (bends cotised) on a fully enamelled blue field between lions rampant; blazoned 'azure a bend cotised between six lions rampant or', the arms of de Bohun, earls of Hereford and Essex. 13.1 grams, 40 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The de Bohun family took its name from the region of Bohun in the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, France. John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (died January 1336) was born the son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford. After Humphrey's death at the Battle of Boroughbridge, the family lands were forfeited by John who was only later permitted to succeed to his positions as Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock. -
Medieval Bifacial Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
France, circa 15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rectangular leaf with one ragged edge; recto: list of fourteen saints' names, each with a liquid gold versal 'S beginning 'Sancte Ludowice'; verso: list of thirteen saints' names and other invocations, each with a liquid gold versal beginning 'Sancta scolastica'; pencilled notation to recto; in a hinged card frame with reveal. 44.7 grams, 20.3 x 16.5 cm
From a late 18th century Irish family collection; thence by descent to a Devonshire, UK, gentleman.
