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.jpg "Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Discoid bezel with three incuse pellets and zoomorphic details, regardant beast with open mouth. 3.64 grams, 22.32 mm overall, 18.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Retaining its pea, the body with triangular and other geometric motifs. 16.5 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Comprising a trio of openwork pendants, each with a geometric or zoomorphic scheme to one face. 45 grams total, 46-49 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Composed of a coiled body with expanded central section decorated with a raised medial rib and punched zigzags above and below. 4.50 grams, 20.48 mm overall, 17.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.242, for broad type, in silver.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.242, for broad type, in silver.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising a tapering sleeve and stylised bird-head with scrolled beak and angled bar above the eye; pierced in two places. 14.5 grams, 50 mm
Acquired in the early 1970s.
Ex property of a Surrey, UK, collector.
Cf. the mount shows stylistic parallels with PAS record no.LEIC-1DCF5E; for similarly shaped drinking horns with eagle design, see the drinking horm from Taplow burial mound, British Musuem, museum number 1883,1214.19.
The decorative style of the terminal bears resemblance to the Trewhiddle style, dated to the ninth to early tenth centuries, although it seems a more simplified version of the Taplow Horn terminals. Zoomorphic terminals on Trewhiddle style strap ends bear very similar circular ears containing chevron motifs, and panels of decoration on the brow.
Acquired in the early 1970s.
Ex property of a Surrey, UK, collector.
Cf. the mount shows stylistic parallels with PAS record no.LEIC-1DCF5E; for similarly shaped drinking horns with eagle design, see the drinking horm from Taplow burial mound, British Musuem, museum number 1883,1214.19.
The decorative style of the terminal bears resemblance to the Trewhiddle style, dated to the ninth to early tenth centuries, although it seems a more simplified version of the Taplow Horn terminals. Zoomorphic terminals on Trewhiddle style strap ends bear very similar circular ears containing chevron motifs, and panels of decoration on the brow.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
The body hexagonal in cross-section, facetted terminals and free-running tongue, punched ring-and-dot motifs and dense panels of annulets in three zones around the body. 70 grams, 82 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1921,1101.200, for similar.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1921,1101.200, for similar.
Formed standing left with wings spread, stylised feather and anatomical detailing. 20.3 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
.jpg "Saxon Sutton Hoo Type Iron Cauldron Chain")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Or a hanging-bowl chain comprising: nine sets of two parallel-twisted 8-shaped links, with interstitial H-shaped twisted elements, the lower four each with a standing bull figure with prominent horns; a lateral hook with herringbone twisted shank; lower hooked flange with four herringbone-twist bars with looped ends; suspension ring and four-bar herringbone-twisted shank. 3.1 kg, 1.03 m
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
The chain and fittings closely resemble those recovered from Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England (British Museum accession ref. 1939,1010.167). It is understood that the chain was used to support a cauldron above the hearth, with additional hooks and suspension brackets for ancillary vessels. The bull-head detailing was present on the wrought-iron stand (ref. 1939,1010.161) from the same grave.
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
The chain and fittings closely resemble those recovered from Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England (British Museum accession ref. 1939,1010.167). It is understood that the chain was used to support a cauldron above the hearth, with additional hooks and suspension brackets for ancillary vessels. The bull-head detailing was present on the wrought-iron stand (ref. 1939,1010.161) from the same grave.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Of Riddarholmen type (also widespread in the historical Rus region), with integral loop; the openwork plaque with banded border and four panels, internal stylised zoomorph with hatched panel to the hip, gripping three-fingered hands to the body and border, two detailed feet, clearly visible facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes. 4.7 grams, 32 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2.01-03.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2.01-03.
Featuring two pierced lugs, recurved garment hook, beaded border, central boss on triangular panel with zoomorphic elements around. 19 grams, 52 mm
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex property of a UK gentleman.
See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion.
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex property of a UK gentleman.
See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion.
The central oval-shaped socket flanked by two fan-shaped heads, one face displaying a shallow incised X to centre between parallel vertical lines. 6.8 grams, 30 mm
Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Each composed of a decoratively twisted upper hoop, bulbous collars and a large central bulb with projecting cones and granules. 30 grams total, 55-57 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
See Various, Археалогія Беларусі. Т. 1., A-K, Minsk, 2009, p.372, for similar earring typology.
This style of earring was typical among Slavic women in the 8th-12th centuries, an imitation of Eastern Roman models. Examples have been found in Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and with similar decoration in Belarus. Such rings were also worn as part of head-dresses, in which context they are known as ‘temple rings’ because they were worn by women near the temples. They were usually made of base metals, but some silver and gold examples also survive. Different tribes had their own designs, which were often threaded onto a cord, forming part of a head-dress, or woven directly into braids of hair.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
See Various, Археалогія Беларусі. Т. 1., A-K, Minsk, 2009, p.372, for similar earring typology.
This style of earring was typical among Slavic women in the 8th-12th centuries, an imitation of Eastern Roman models. Examples have been found in Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, and with similar decoration in Belarus. Such rings were also worn as part of head-dresses, in which context they are known as ‘temple rings’ because they were worn by women near the temples. They were usually made of base metals, but some silver and gold examples also survive. Different tribes had their own designs, which were often threaded onto a cord, forming part of a head-dress, or woven directly into braids of hair.
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