Tudor Period Knight's Gilt-Bronze Belt Mount Group

Modelled in a half-seated pose, gazing upwards with compact body, broad forequarters, the mane rendered in long, parallel strands; the tail emerging from underneath the body and resting diagonally on top of the neck. 855 grams, 96 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

The treatment reflects the continuation of late Gothic conventions within German workshops, while also aligning with the more classicising tendencies found in North Italian bronze production of the period. The anatomical structure is simplified yet purposeful, characteristic of functional or cabinet bronzes produced across central Europe in the sixteenth century. Its scale and form correspond to small bronzes intended for Kunstkammer settings or as elements within larger composite objects such as inkstands or caskets, where the lion served as an emblem of vigilance, authority, and learned taste.

Modelled nude, squatting with left arm extended holding a bow and right arm at the chin in the act of drawing the string; nude except for a crested helmet. 12.9 grams, 27 mm



Previously belonging to J Stewart, Mayfair, London, UK; acquired in the early 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

A group of pewter spoons, each a broad shallow bowl with chamfered rim, trapezoidal-section handle, stamped at the junction of bowl and handle with a rosette and crown bearing initials 'HK'; one with further stamped letters 'I K D'. 286 grams total, 18.1-18.9 cm



Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Private collection, Suffolk.