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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Discoid and triangular hooked tags with attachment points; many of these are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. 9.42 grams total, 12-25 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Rectangular with scooped edges and stepped profile, incised hatching and ring-and-dot ornament. 8.76 grams, 50 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rectangular- and flat-section bar sections with test nicks and burred edges. 50.3 grams total, 26-50 mm
Ex Spink and Sons, London, UK.
Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK, 2014.
See Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia no.25, Stockholm, 1996.
Ex Spink and Sons, London, UK.
Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK, 2014.
See Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia no.25, Stockholm, 1996.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With hatched panels on the shank developing to flared finials with incised herringbone detailing. 15.7 grams, 65 mm
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Two-edged blade with low-relief hatched zoomorphic ornament. 27 grams, 14.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Comprising: a fusiform bead with ribbed outer surface; roughly cut segment of a silver ingot often called 'hack silver'. 9.2 grams total, 16-17 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
See Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, no.25, Stockholm, 1996, for discussion.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
See Hårdh, B., Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, no.25, Stockholm, 1996, for discussion.
With raised flange rim, tondo with raised border and six spirals with connecting tendrils around a central stud; pin-lug and catch to reverse. 12.7 grams, 35 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 209, for type.
The majority of these Saxon saucer brooches have a design based on five spirals, although some with six are known.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 209, for type.
The majority of these Saxon saucer brooches have a design based on five spirals, although some with six are known.
C-shaped in section with transverse hatching and pointillé ornament, triangular spike to centre, pin-lug offset to one edge. 7 grams, 49 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including triangular and lobed types. 5.06 grams total, 17-34 mm
Found East Anglia, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Found East Anglia, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With trefoil head and leaf-shaped foot, ring--and-dot ornament. 12 grams, 61 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.52.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.52.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A bronze cruciform brooch formed of a raised rectangular headplate with rectangular lateral wings surmounted by domed knop with ribbed collar; D-section bow with transverse ribbing; ribbed footplate extending to an animal-head terminal with prominent eyes and rounded nostrils; catchplate to the reverse with ferrous remains. 26 grams, 83 mm
Found UK.
From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series 230, 1993, p.97, item 12.4.
Found UK.
From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series 230, 1993, p.97, item 12.4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Tongue-shaped with recessed attachment bar at top and holes for two studs; the field with low-relief Borre Style ornament. 12.14 grams, 38 mm
Found Lincolnshire UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007, item 29, for type.
Found Lincolnshire UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007, item 29, for type.
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