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Click here to subscribeChinese Tinned Bronze MirrorTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A cast bronze mirror with scrolled outline and one tinned surface, the reverse decorated with a central pierced lug and frieze of animals amid tendrils, and outer frieze of similar motifs. 776 grams, 18.5 cm (7 1/4"). Ex McQuinley collection, acquired before 2000. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Chinese Bronzed Tinned Epigraphic Hand-MirrorTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A cast bronze mirror with one tinned surface, the reverse decorated with a central pierced lug and band of animals and birds amid scrolls, and outer frieze of similar motifs with epigraphic band between. 1.4 kg, 22.5 cm (8 3/4"). Ex McQuinley collection, acquired before 2000. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Chinese Tinned Bronze MirrorTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A cast bronze mirror with one tinned surface, the reverse decorated with a central pierced lug and band of animals and birds amid grapes, and outer frieze of similar motifs. 782 grams, 15 cm (6"). Ex McQuinley collection, acquired before 2000. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Chinese Bronzed Tinned Hand-MirrorTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A cast bronze mirror of scrolled profile with one tinned surface; to the reverse a pierced lug surrounded by four horseman motifs among foliage, a band of birds and branches surrounding. 406 grams, 15 cm (6"). Ex McQuinley collection, acquired before 2000. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Bronze Age Gold Penannular BraceletEurope, 2nd millennium BC. A bracelet consisting of a section of flat cast gold strip with reeded decoration to the outer face, in ten parallel ribs. 7.58 grams, 54 mm (2"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Fine condition. Excessively rare.Starting Price: £1200
Bronze Age Gold Pennanular Striped Ring MoneyLate Bronze Age, 1500-1000 BC. A pennanular gold open ring or adornment with stripes of silver banding inlaid, both sides hammered flat; the silver bands especially visible to the interior surfaces. 12.44 grams, 18.79 mm (3/4"). Cf. Taylor, Joan J. Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles, plate 33g for a very similar example. Purchased Stixwold, Lincolnshire, 2008; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1970s; shown at British Museum, London (their analysis stated to be 87% gold and 13% silver) and subsequently authorised for return to the vendor by the Rotherham and Doncaster Coroner following a legal case; accompanied by a letter confirming HM Coroner, South Yorkshire (East), confirming this. These penannular gold rings of Bronze Age date are commonly called `ring money`, as it is thought that they served as a form of early currency or exchange, in a similar manner to the later Celtic iron currency bars. This example is most unusual in having the sides hammered. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.Starting Price: £450
Bronze Age Bronze Palstave Axe1500-900 BC. A cast bronze palstave axe with spatulate blade and shallow recesses to the rear of the blade and of each face. 495 grams, 17.5 cm (6 3/4"). Found by Christopher Mullan on a school trip in the Lake District in 1982; re-discovered whilst emptying his parents garage in 2012. Very fine condition, minor casting flaws.Starting Price: £250
Bronze Age British Bronze Socketted Hammer1200-700 BC. A sturdy cast hammer widening towards the closed end and with double-chamfered working face; the square-section socket extending about 40 mm into the body and with prominent casting seams along the upper and lower faces. 135 grams, 60 mm (2 1/2"). Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 178, figure 210 for an almost identical example from Thorndon, Suffolk. Found South Yorkshire, UK. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.Starting Price: £80
Bronze Age British Bronze Socketted Gouge1200-700 BC. A socketted gouge of typical cast form from a two-piece mould with casting seams visible to the sides, the rounded cutting edge formed at the end of the tapered channel indent. 75 grams, 10 cm (4"). Published: Murawski, P. Benet`s Artefacts of England and the United Kindom, Ely, second edition; p.47, item B99-0102 (this example). Found East Anglia, UK. [No Reserve] Fine condition, chip to socket rim.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Staff Finial2nd century BC-1st century AD. A British cast staff finial comprising a hollow cylindrical neck and stern male head with pronounced sloping chin, triangular nose and slit mouth; the head with two flat c-shaped horns extending from brow to nape; the eyes formed as small black glass inserts. 52 grams, 49 mm (2"). Found Surrey, UK. Fine condition.Starting Price: £300
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Votive Miniature Sword3rd century BC-1st century AD. A cast miniature sword with thin, D-section blade, ribbed and balustered hilt and large discoid pommel. 3.06 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). Ex Gawain McInley collection; formerly in the Peter Sharrer collection and a Mayfair private collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Iron Age Celtiberian Bronze Plaque4th-3rd century BC. A bronze plaque of rectangular plan with scrolled upper edge; the face with incised design of a sunwheel with four scrolled arms within concentric circles with pellet detailing; two s-scrolled elements above; pierced at the centre of the sunwheel and in four places at the lower edge. 49 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1991; cat. 2100. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Celtic La Tene Bronze Fibula4th century BC. A cast fibula with returned foot extending to the catchplate; the bow D-section with baluster and rib detailing; the pin and spring present. 7.18 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection; item no.2046. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Fibula4th-3rd century BC. A bronze fibula formed from a single twisted wire, with two springs, double loop, coil and hooked catch. 4.49 grams, 50 mm (2"). See Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, items 221, 224. Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Fibulae formed with a single length of wire and the spring formed from compound coils are a feature of the La Tene I series.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Enamelled Strap Junction1st century BC-1st century AD. A cast strap junction formed as an annular mount with L-shaped lug to the underside; to the upper face two discoid panels, each with a central lozenge filled with yellow enamel, traces of white enamel in the surrounding ellipses. 11 grams, 29 mm (1 1/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1991; inventory no. 91.409, cat. 463. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Enamelled Harness Mount1st century BC-1st century AD. A cast discoid mount with round-section spigot to the reverse; the design a cross of four T-shaped elements with interstitial arrowhead shapes filled with yellow enamel. 8.2 grams, 29 mm (1"). Found Surrey, UK. The enamelling technique is similar to that used on British hanging bowls recovered from Anglo-Saxon burials of the 7th century AD.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch6th century AD. An elaborate great square-headed brooch of Hines`s Group XIII; the headplate trapezoidal, with three concentric rectangles to the interior; the innermost rectangle is formed as a raised panel with bevelled edges; the second decorated with punched pellets along the lower, lateral and upper edges, surrounded by a meander pattern; the outermost with punched pellets along the lower, lateral and upper edges; the rectangular corner panels with punchmarks formed as roundels each with a bifurcated extension; the bow with substantial median and lateral ribs extending to two curved animal-head upper extensions above a cruciform footplate, each with two circular piercings; to the reverse, the catchplate present; significant gilding remaining. 51 grams, 13.5 cm (5"). Cf. Hines, J. A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, London, 1997 p.103ff and pl.43b; cf. Neville, R.C. Saxon Obsequies Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. R.C. Neville in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire During the Autumn of 1851, London, 1852, pl.10, no.158. Published: Hammond, B. British Artefacts, volume I - Early Anglo-Saxon. Found Cambridgeshire, UK. Fine condition, old repair to foot. Rare.Starting Price: £3500
Merovingian Frankish Bronze, Crystal and Garnet Belt Buckle5th-6th century AD. A decorative belt buckle with carved natural crystal loop and bronze D-section tongue with garnet cloison design to the rear edge; the forward edge of the tongue curved over the loop; the cloisons formed with central cruciform cell. 57 grams, 43 mm (1 3/4"). Cf. example from a grave near Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne, France now in the British Museum, accession no. M&ME ML.3527. Property of a London collector, acquired before 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £800
Saxon Visigothic Bronze Bow Brooch5th century AD. A cast bow brooch with rhomboidal footplate, triangular head and D-section bow; pin-lug, catchplate and ferrous stain from the pin to the reverse; the angles of the foot- and headplate terminating small knops. 10 grams, 72 mm (2 3/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection; accession no.91.240. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Saxon Visigothic Bronze Radiate-Headed Brooch5th century AD. A cast radiate-headed bow brooch comprising a D-shaped headplate with five knops and two lentoid motifs, shallow ribbed bow, triangular footplate with bird-head detailing and bulb finial; to the reverse the spring, pin and catchplate in place. 12 grams, 54 mm (2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Disc Brooch6th century AD. A cast disc brooch with concentric bands of incised lines, central knop, ring-and-dot motifs to the outer band and horseshoe punchmarks to the inner; catchplate and solder-scar for the pin to the reverse. 9.77 grams, 33 mm (1 1/4"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Extremely fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Ansate Brooch8th-9th century AD. A cast ansate or equal-arm brooch formed as a short bow with incised spiral motif, flanked by discoid arms with volute scroll motif; to the reverse, the spring and catchplate present. 7.88 grams, 41 mm (1 1/2"). Ex Penfold collection, discovered `mudlarking` on Thames foreshore, 1970s-80s. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £80
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Nummular BroochLate 9th century AD. A `nummular` or `coin` brooch, the face depicting a figural bust, draped, wearing a diadem; the bust surrounded by regular marks forming a pseudo-inscription; to the reverse, two small plates for attachment of pin remaining. 5.65 grams, 25 mm See Leahy, K in Cook, B. and Williams, G. (eds.) Coinage and History in the North Sea World, c. AD 500-1200. Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald, (2006), p.267-85. Published Hammond, B. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. Found Essex, UK, 2005. Fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £125
Anglo-Scandinavian Bronze Stirrup Mount11th century AD. A cast bronze stirrup mount of Williams`s Type A with attachment loop and rear ledge; the plate formed as a lozenge with central lozenge recess, knops to the outer edges; ferrous rivet to the lower face. 13 grams, 42 mm (1 1/2"). Reported to PAS under reference LON-5DEA87; found Essex, UK. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Anglo-Scandinavian Bronze Stirrup Mount Collection11th century AD. A mixed group of cast stirrup mounts comprising: one Class A Type 8, triangular with beast detail to the edges, three holes and rear ledge intact; one Class B Type 1 with three beast-heads on an openwork plaque, rear ledge intact; one Class A Type 9, pentagonal with human face detail, upper loop and ledge present. 70 grams total, 37-56 mm (1 1/2 - 2 1/4"). Ex Penfold collection, discovered `mudlarking` on Thames foreshore, 1970s-80s. [3] Fine condition.Starting Price: £240
Anglo-Scandinavian Bronze Stirrup Terminal Collection11th century AD. A mixed group of stirrup terminal elements comprising: seven with narrow beast-head design, hollow to the underside; one similar, hollow to the rear; one similar with three knops to the rear edge; one flat with trefoil design; offered with a large hollow D-shaped mount with traces of iron pin and a beast-head brooch finial with ribbed catchplate to the reverse. 173 grams total, 25-50mm (1 - 2"). Ex Penfold collection, discovered `mudlarking` on Thames foreshore, 1970s-80s. [12] Fine condition.Starting Price: £80
Viking Harness Mount with Central Inlaid Stud11th century AD. A cast bronze cruciform harness mount, each of the arms formed as a waisted plaque with pierced trefoil terminal; the central zone domed with four circular holes and central black-inlaid stud. 26 grams, 59 mm (2 1/4"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Fine condition. Rare with inlay.Starting Price: £120
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Salin`s Style I Bracteate Die5th-6th century AD. A cast discoid die with raised design to one face featuring a central lozenge within a circle with a Salin`s Style I beastman motif surrounding; ring-and-dot incised to the reverse. 5.32 grams, 24 mm (1"). Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £5
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Casket Key8th-10th century AD. A cast key comprising an elliptical plate, small bow and right-angled ward; the plate decorated to both faces with an incised saltire and four dots. 5.18 grams, 55 mm (2 1/4"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze `Cardinal Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza` Seal Matrix1473-1493 AD. A substantial cast heraldic seal matrix, discoid in plan, with concentric ropework lines to the reverse and one similar to the 7mm edge; to the obverse, a heraldic design of a heater shield divided diagonally with hatched panels and the text `AVE` and `MAR` (for `Maria`), surmounted by a cardinal`s hat with looped ornamental cords with tassels to the sides; above the shield a Spanish marques`s coronet, below it, scrolled feathers and punched-point detail; surrounding the whole a circular band interrupted by the crown of the hat bearing the text in seriffed capitals `PETRUS GONZALEZ DE MENDOZA CARDINALIS HISPANIAE` for Cardinal Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza of Spain. We have been advised that Mr. Miguel F. Gómez Vozmediano, Chief of References of the Historical File of the Nobility in Spain, and a team of experts of the University Complutense of Madrid, led by the Dean of the Faculty of Information Science, Mr. José María de Francisco Olmos have examined the piece physically, they have concluded that the piece is genuine of the XV century and it is possibly a seal matrix for private use of the Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza. 144 grams, 57 mm (2 1/4"). From an old European collection. Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza (born 3 May 1428, died 11 January 1495) was a Spanish cardinal and statesman, born into the noble family of Lopez de Mendoza, marquesses of Santillana, Spain. He was chosen by King John II to be bishop of Calahorra in 1452, and accepted the Pope`s bulla in 1454. As bishop he was also civil and military ruler of the town and its territory, and led the army of Calahorra in the civil wars of the reign of King Henry IV. In 1473 Mendoza was raised to the rank of cardinal, promoted to the archbishopric of Seville and designated chancellor of Castile. During the conquest of Granada, he contributed to the support of the army, and in January 1492 he occupied the town in the name of the Catholic rulers of Spain. Although more of a soldier and statesman than cleric, the `Great Cardinal` fulfilled his role as a bishop who used his influence with the royal court and in Rome to settle disputes between the Spanish sovereigns and the Vatican. As an archbishop, Mendoza lived stylishly, provided for his many children, and devoted part of his income to charity. He endowed the college of Santa Cruz at Valladolid University, was an advocate of Christopher Columbus at court and was instrumental in securing financial support for the explorer`s trans-Atlantic voyage. Archbishop Mendoza fell ill late in 1493/4 and died a year later. His biography was written by Salazar de Mendoza under the title Cronica del gran cardinal Don Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, and published in Toledo in 1625. Very fine condition. Rare and important.Starting Price: £3000
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix14th-15th century AD. A small cast circular bronze seal matrix with suspension loop to reverse and depicting a crouching hare with incuse `*SOhOVThChIMWOT` enigmatic inscription in Roman letters. 4.86 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, collection, acquired 1988; inventory no.88.388, cat 602. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Medieval Bronze `France(s) of Leicester` Vesica Seal Matrix14th century AD. A cast seal matrix of vesica form, longitudinal scar to the reverse; the design a pair of birds with legend surrounding `+FRANCE:LECETC*`. 4.38 grams, 28 mm (1"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. This seal, being of vesica shape and bearing the female name France(s), suggests it belonged to a nun from Leicester. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Medieval Bronze `Alexander of Bergia` Seal Matrix14th century AD. A circular cast bronze seal matrix with raised suspension loop to reverse; the central design showing the crowned bust of the king holding a sceptre and with incuse SIGILLV ALEXANDRI DE BOVVERGIA inscription for Alexander of Bergia (Berja?). 7.49 grams, 24.25 mm (1"). See UKDFD Reference 35577 (this seal). Ex Miller collection; found Mawlsey, Northamptonshire, UK, 2012. The family name de Bergia survives in Spain to the present day and is linked to the city of Berja, Andalusia. This seal is typically English in form and style and was found in Northamptonshire but there is no apparent record of the de Bergia family in that area; the crowned bust is especially reminiscient of the coin busts of Edward I and his heirs, from 1279 AD. Very fine condition, giving an excellent impression.Starting Price: £200
Medieval Bronze `Bartholomew the Frepillonian` Lion and Unicorn Seal Matrix13th-15th century AD. A cast discoid seal matrix with pierced loop to the reverse; the design a rampant lion and unicorn opposed within a band of text in Lombardic script `*bVRTELIMILEPRAPELIOVN` (`Burthelm the Frepillonian`). 3.94 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). Found Surrey, UK. The inscription on this seal appears to indicate that the owner, Burtelimi (Berthelme or Bartholomew) was from a place named Frapeli which might well be the French town today known as Frepillon. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Medieval Bronze Squirrel Seal Matrix13th century AD. A cast bronze seal matrix with hexagonal-section stem, pierced bulb suspension loop and discoid matrix; the seal design a squirrel within a border with the text *ICRAEENOTIS. 5.12 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze `Fear God` Vesica Seal Matrix14th century AD. A cast vesica seal matrix with suspension loop to reverse, the face depicting a bird feeding three nestlings with the inscription *TIMETE DOMINVM in Roman letters for `Fear God`. 6.13 grams, 25 mm (1"). Found West Sussex, UK. The vesica shape and the `Fear God` inscription suggest that this seal belonged to a nun.[No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze `Stephen of Cyprus` Crusader Seal Matrix12th century AD. An important Crusader seal matrix cast discoid with strap and loop to the reverse; the design a central fleur-de-lys within a band of Lombardic capitals `S`STEPHI DE CHIPRO` for `sigillum of Stephen of Cyprus`. 8.75 grams, 31 mm (1 1/4"). Formerly in the collection of the late Professor Barag; by repute found in the Middle East. Fine condition.Starting Price: £250
Medieval Bronze `Simon (of) Highbury` Hexagonal Seal Matrix14th century AD. An hexagonal cast bronze seal matrix depicting a large fleur device with inscription +S`SIMONIhIVBERI` in Roman letters for `Seal of Simon (of) Highbury`. 8.48 grams, 22 mm (3/4"). Found Leicestershire, UK. The manor of Highbury, London, was once part of a larger estate of Tolentone which broke up in the 13th century. A new manor house was built in 1271 by the Prior of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem and named Highbury, the land having being gifted to the Priory by Alicia de Barrow; the manor house was destroyed in 1381 during the Peasant`s Revolt by a mob led by Jack Straw and the estate was much later confiscated from the Priory under Henry VIII in 1540 during the dissolution of the monasteries.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze `I am Private` Eagle Seal Matrix14th-15th century AD. A cast chessman seal matrix with pierced loop and hexagonal-section stem; the design depicting an eagle with spread wings; the surrounding legend in display capitals `*PRIVESVM` (`I am private`). 6.52 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). Found Surrey, UK. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze `Felicie of (Sutton) Bassett` Vesica Seal Matrix14th century AD. A cast vesica-shaped seal matrix with strap and loop to the reverse; the design a standing bird with surrounding legend SIGILL.FELICIE.BASSET. with a crescent as the initial mark for the `Seal of Felicie of (Sutton) Bassett`. 5.67 grams, 29 mm (1 1/4"). Ex Miller collection; found Pytchley, Northamptonshire, UK, 2005. This seal, being of vesica shape and bearing the female name Felicie (sometimes Felicia) suggests it belonged to a nun and the findspot in Northamptonshire very likely indicates the place as being Sutton Bassett in that county.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Seal Maker`s Trial Piece14th-15th century AD. A cut segment of a large cast vesica seal matrix blank used as a trial for the central element of a seal design, depicting a finely modelled head wearing a cap with a stemmed rose each side; with old collector numbers to reverse. 34 grams, 38 mm wide (1 1/2"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1986; inventory no. 86.222, cat. 600. Fine condition. Rare and most unusual.Starting Price: £180
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix Group13th-14th century AD. A mixed group of stamp seals comprising: one with pentagonal stem and discoid head, the design a band of pellets enclosing a heart and flowers, initials `LC` above; one similar, the design a band of pellets enclosing a fleur-de-lys initials `FB` above, crescent moon and star to the sides; one similar with rectangular head, initials `MAS` above a standing bird and hatched line; one with pierced flange to the rear, discoid head, the design a pelletted band enclosing a shield bearing an arm and hand brandishing a sword. 51 grams, 15-31 mm (1/2 - 1 1/4"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Plantagenet `Sun, Moon and Star` Badge14th century AD. A cast bronze retainer`s badge or mount showing the `sun, moon and star` emblem. 6.63 grams, 34.17 mm (1 1/4"). See Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges, page 195 for similar pewter examples. Property of an Essex gentleman. The `star and crescent` (sun, moon and star) symbols were a traditional badge of the Plantagenets during the period Richard I to Edward I and were also popular in the 14th century.[No Reserve] Fine condition. Scarce type.Starting Price: £5
Medieval `Sir John ap Adam` Heraldic Enamelled Horse Harness Stud1299-1310 AD. A cast and enamelled bronze harness stud with square section pin to reverse, the heater shield head depicting the arms of Sir John ap Adam `argent, a cross gules five mullets or` (a red cross on a silver field with five gold stars), with some enamel remaining. 3.97 grams, 21 mm Found near Chepstow, Gloucestershire, UK 2005. Sir John ap Adam (born before 1267, died circa 1310) was the first (and last) Baron ap Adam and lived at Tidenham, Gloucestershire, formerly part of Wales. He was enumerated for Parliament from 1276-1307 and fought at Falkirk in 1298 (his arms are given on the Roll of Arms of Edward I) and was created Lord ap Adam by writ on 6th February 1298/99. His home estates were around Tidenham and a stained glass window in the church of St Mary & St Peter there depicts his arms to this day. He was claimed as a direct ancestor by John Adams and John Quincy Adams, 2nd and 6th Presidents of the United States of America. Fine condition. Very rare.Starting Price: £200
Medieval `Peverell Family` Heraldic Pendant13th-15th century AD. A lozengiform cast copper-alloy horse-harness pendant, the surface with two diagonal panels in red enamel, each containing three crosses pattee; a chequered band of blue enamel and plain bronze squares in between; with suspension loop above. 13 grams, 40 mm (1 1/2"). Foster, J. The Dictionary of Heraldry, Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees, reprinted London, 1989. Found Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK. The arms are probably based on those of the Peverell family. The Peverell family owned lands in Nottingham, where the family held a seat. These lands were granted by the Duke of Normandy for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD. Very fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £100
Medieval Bronze Royal Heraldic Mount13th-14th century AD. A cast mount in the shape of a heater shield with attachment stud to the reverse; the design three lions rampant passant on a red enamelled field. 13 grams, 29 mm (1 1/4"). Found Bishop`s Stortford, Essex, UK. The shape of the shield suggests a 13th century date or later; the royal arms were quartered with those of France in 1340 but reverted to the three lions in 1360 for nine years before the quartering was re-introduced.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Gilt-Bronze Beast Mount13th century AD. A cast mount, square in plan with a stud to the reverse; the design a walking dog surrounded by a frame with pelletted border outside. 2.92 grams, 19 mm (3/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1991; inventory no. 91.209. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Medieval Bronze Limoges Earl of Norfolk Heraldic Box Mount13th-14th century AD. A bronze heraldic mount in the shape of a heater shield with gilt and green background and a lion rampant with traces of red enamel; the arms `per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules` attributed in the Falkirk Roll to Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. 34 grams, 66 mm (2 1/2"). Acquired on the London art market in the 1980s. Supplied with a dealer`s note relating to the heraldry. The Falkirk Roll dates to circa 1298 AD, and lists the heraldry of the knights with King Edward I at Battle of Falkirk (1298). Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Medieval Bronze Expanding Cross Pendant14th century AD. A cast bronze pendant in the form of an expanding cross superimposed upon a `rope` circle, with suspension loop; with old inventory number to reverse and collection label. 2.49 grams, 28 mm (1"). From an important Mayfair, London, collection, acquired1990; inventory no.90.100, cat 577. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Medieval Bronze Finger Ring Group13th-15th century AD. A mixed group of finger rings comprising: one delicate with discoid bezel, border of pellets and central ring; one with integral raised bezel, inset garnet cloison; one similar with garnet cabochon; one sturdy with octagonal bezel, trefoils to shoulders, letter `R` crescent and stars; one delicate with domed bezel, fleur-de-lys motif surrounded by chevrons and scrolls; one sturdy with octagonal bezel, running horse with initials `KI` around. 26 grams total, 18-26 mm (3/4 - 1"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. [6] Fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Post Medieval Bronze Heraldic Seal Matrix18th century AD. A cast bronze stamp seal matrix comprising a balustered shaft and tang; the head discoid with a heater shield, crossed palm leaves and banner above; the shield bearing an elephant and palm tree; the banner with the Greek legend ATHLON ATHLW `accomplishment to accomplishment`. 20 grams, 33 mm (1 1/4"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. The motif of an elephant and palm tree was used by the Dutch Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie Chartered West India Company in the 18th century.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Bronze Heraldic Seal Matrix Group18th century AD. A mixed group of bronze seal matrices comprising: one with elliptical head and pierced lozenge stem, the design an armorial bearing with elliptical shield charged with fess and estoile, facing helmet with crest of male torso, initials `IST` flanking; one square in plan, a ducal crown with draped mantle framing a shield with lion supporters, the shield quartered, two with bends and two with chevrons and pellets; supplied with ceramic impressions 21 grams total, 24-25 mm (1"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; ex private collection formed in the 1990s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post-Medieval Commonwealth Heraldic Fastener1649-1660 AD. A cast bronze female garment fastener, flat with three loops to the left end, one to the right; the design an elliptical panel with wreath enclosing two shields, one bearing a harp and the other cross. 5.79 grams, 37 mm (1 1/4"). Ex the late Alan Harrison collection, Lincolnshire, UK; found Old Winterton, Lincolnshire. Contemporary Commonwealth coins customarily bore a harp to one face, representing Ireland, and a cross to the other, representing England. Commonwealth coinage was demonetised in 1661-2.[No Reserve] Fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £5
Antique Brass Sporting Badge19th century AD. A sheet bronze elliptical repousse badge with clip to the reverse; the design with sporting motifs: a cricket bat, ball and stumps flanked by a huntsman with rifle and a fleeing fox ,and an angler on a riverbank, all within rope borders. 24 grams, 6.5 cm (2 1/2"). Ex Miller collection; found Bulwick, Northamptonshire, UK, 2004. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze SwordBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast bronze sword with flat-section triangular blade; the guard formed as a D-shaped block with central circular void, ring-and-dot motifs to both sides; the grip round-section with ribbed collar, incised herringbone and ring-and-dot motifs; the pommel elliptical in plan with transverse rib to the upper face; the blade with thick median rib. 717 grams, 50.5 cm (19 3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, notch to lower blade.Starting Price: £450
Chinese Bronze SwordHan Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A cast short sword with broad, facetted blade, rectangular guard with geometric detailing, round-section grip with transverse ribs and disc pommel. 752 grams, 51.5 cm (20 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1990. Fine condition, a good example.Starting Price: £300
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