Lot 251
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AN ENGLISH MEDIEVAL BRONZE STEELYARD WEIGHT
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AN ENGLISH MEDIEVAL BRONZE STEELYARD WEIGHT

13TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH MEDIEVAL BRONZE STEELYARD WEIGHT
13TH CENTURY
Cast with four armorial shields, traces of gilding and a repaired casting flaw to bottom.
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

For a discussion on steelyard weights see The London Museum Medieval Catalogue, 1954, reprinted 1967, pp. 171-174
These weights with plain cast shields subsequently decorated and incised are considered to be provincial examples of the primary type decorated with the arms of Poitou, England, Hansa and the lion of Cornwall

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