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  • Medieval Silver  Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland Vervel
    Medieval Silver 'Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland' Vervel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,220

    Circa 1440-1460 AD. A silver hawking leg ring or vervel inscribed '+Earle of Rutland' in derivative black letter script, for a female merlin or sparrowhawk (due to the youth of Edmund Plantagenet who died aged 17).





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  • Medieval Silver Baron de la Pole Heraldic Pendant
    Medieval Silver Baron de la Pole Heraldic Pendant

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,175

    Circa 16th century AD. A silver heater-shaped escutcheon or pendant seal with heraldic design; the arms are quartered - 1 & 4 a fess between three leopards heads, 2 & 3 per fess a lion rampant; the upper edge of the escutcheon thickened.





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  • Medieval Renard of Themericourt Heraldic Knights Seal Matrix
    Medieval Renard of Themericourt Heraldic Knight's Seal Matrix

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £920

    Circa 14th century AD. Cast bronze hexagonal shaft 'chessman' seal matrix with quatrefoil pierced suspension; the circular face depicting a foliage spray to each side the arms of Themericourt, consisting of three chevrons with mullet cadence mark in the upper left corner and below a crested helm showing a female head with long flowing hair; the Roman letter inscription reading RENART: DE: TEMERICOURT.





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  • Medieval Bronze Large Of His Majesty The King For Church Matters Bishop Of Nottingham Vesica Seal Matrix
    Medieval Bronze Large 'Of His Majesty The King For Church Matters' Bishop Of Nottingham Vesica Seal Matrix

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,750

    Circa 16th century AD. A large cast bronze vesica-shaped seal matrix with the design of an ornate crowned royal armorial with supporters above the inscription in seriffed capitals OFFICIA/LITAT/ARCNNAT/NOT (by authority of the office of the archdeaconry of Nottingham); to the border the inscription SIGILLUM:REGIE:MAIESTIE:AD.CAVSAS: ECCLESIASTIC[A]S (seal of His Majesty the King for church matters); the reverse with deep, pierced rib.





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  • Medieval Bronze Armorial Vesica Seal Matrix
    Medieval Bronze Armorial Vesica Seal Matrix

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150

    Circa 14th-15th century AD. A cast bronze vesica-shaped seal matrix with central panel depicting a facing bust within a lancet arch with spires, above an armorial shield with two lions passant and a quarter with a lion rampant within a tressy border; around the border the inscription S' G.MATI.DEO/DE SABOLIO*; perforated suspension lug to the reverse; supplied with an impression of the seal.





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  • Post Medieval Gold Decorated Ring
    Post Medieval Gold Decorated Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,610

    Later 15th-early 16th century AD. A gold finger ring with plain D-section hoop and expanding shoulders with D-shaped collars; the bezel a cusped quatrefoil with raised borders; the stone an elliptical turquoise cabochon.





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  • Post Medieval Silver Writhen Knop Finial Miniature Spoon
    Post Medieval Silver Writhen Knop Finial Miniature Spoon

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,725

    Circa 16th century AD. A miniature silver spoon with broad bowl, hexagonal-section shaft and writhen knop finial; a maker's mark on the inner face of the bowl.





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  • Renaissance Bronze Satyr Mount
    Renaissance Bronze Satyr Mount

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,890

    Circa 16th century AD. A Paduan cast bronze mount in the form of a naked satyr standing on a bar terminating in a hoof; the figure with left hand gripping the hair and right hand bearing an amphora of wine raised to the shoulder; to the rear, a bracket for attachment; supplied with custom-made display stand.





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  • Post Medieval Bronze Tripod Candlestick
    Post Medieval Bronze Tripod Candlestick

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,300

    Circa 17th century AD. A cast bronze candlestick with discoid base and three feet, central column and socket with lateral extensions.





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  • Post Medieval Inscribed Lead Hornbook
    Post Medieval Inscribed Lead Hornbook

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,300

    Circa 17th century AD. A cast lead educational aid, similar to the medieval hornbook, formed as a plate with corner knops and handle; on the face, the alphabet in a mix of upper and lower case forms; on the handle, the initials LB and numerals 29; below the handle a circular feature resembling a clock face.





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  • Post Medieval Bellarmine Jar Dated 1599
    Post Medieval Bellarmine Jar Dated 1599

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,093

    Late 16th century AD. A glazed jug with globular body, short neck and flat loop handle; on the front of the neck a male face with long beard; around the circumference three medallions depicting a heraldic shield with foliage surround and plaque bearing the date 1599.





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  • Viking Iron Cross-Potent Inlaid Sword
    Viking Iron Cross-Potent Inlaid Sword

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,600

    Circa 11th century AD. An iron hand-forged sword with Type X pommel and lenticular square-section crossguard; the blade gently tapering with shallow fuller, the piled construction visible in the core and three inlaid brass crosses potent below the hilt.





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  • Medieval Tournament Hand-and-a-Half Sword
    Medieval Tournament Hand-and-a-Half Sword

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,645

    Circa 1350-1400 AD. A hand-forged steel sword of hand-and-a-half type, with flat-section disc pommel and cross pattee quillons; to one face of the blade, an inlaid brass sigil of the globus cruciger; the blade narrow, lozenge-section and relatively flat; the quillons elliptical in section; the tang flat with traces of the grip remaining; the blade unsharpened, implying a tournament piece.





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  • Medieval Iron Disc-Pommel Sword
    Medieval Iron Disc-Pommel Sword

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,163

    Circa 14th century AD. A long sword with hand-forged iron blade, disc pommel of Oakeshott's type H, round-section quillons of type 2; the blade narrow with shallow fuller for most of its length.





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  • Medieval Hand-and-a-Half Sword
    Medieval Hand-and-a-Half Sword

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,800

    Circa late 13th-early 14th century AD. A hand-forged hand-and-a-half sword of Type XIIIa with facetted Type J wheel pommel, and round-section quillons; to the upper blade, a latten inlaid Arabic inscription 'Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah'; the blade narrow with shallow fuller for about one third of its length.





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  • Medieval Bronze Openwork Sword Pommel
    Medieval Bronze Openwork Sword Pommel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,520

    Circa 13th century AD. A cast bronze sword pommel of discoid form with inlaid enamel detail: to one flat face a fleur-de-lys with vinescroll extensions, and to the other a heater shield charged with a bend, with flanking scrolled panels; to each shoulder of the curved faces a heater shield with hatched detail; a rectangular socket to the centre of the lower face to accept the tang.





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  • Medieval Iron Headsmans Axehead
    Medieval Iron Headsman's Axehead

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £920

    Circa 15th century AD. A hand-forged iron axehead with broad, curved edge and thick hexagonal socket with hole for attachment rivet above, with a Hammerhead smith's mark; with Christies auction ticket attached.





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  • Medieval Milanese Steel Barbute
    Medieval Milanese Steel Barbute

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,925

    Circa 15th century AD. A steel helmet raised from a single sheet extending from the crown of the head to the neckline and cheeks; formed with a median ridge from the nape across the top of the head; the edge returned to form a thickened rim; the face opening of characteristic T-shape; a row of holes inserted around the brow to nape, with two additional holes beneath at the ears, to accept attachment rivets for the padded leather lining; to the right rear, an armourer's mark.





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  • Roman Bronze Cavalry Greave
    Roman Bronze Cavalry Greave

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,035

    Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A fragment from a sheet bronze horseman's leg-armour with repoussé design in the form of a standing figure of Mars wearing greaves, plumed helmet, cuirass with pteruges, holding a round shield with his left hand and gripping his spearshaft with his right; at his left hip a gladius suspended on a baldric over his right shoulder; supplied with custom-made display stand.





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  • Chinese Ceramic Tang Dynasty Polo Player
    Chinese Ceramic Tang Dynasty Polo Player

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,840

    Tang Dynasty, 618–906 AD. A ceramic figurine of a courtly lady playing polo on a galloping horse; the left arm outstretched, the right arm raised, the body slightly twisted; the horse in extended pose with saddle blanket; supplied with a custom-made display stand.





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