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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Tongue-shaped Winchester Style plaque with openwork acanthus-leaf design, transverse collar, panel with two rivets. 9.07 grams, 33 mm
Found East Anglia, 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 24, for type.
Found East Anglia, 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 24, for type.
Cruciform pendant with impressed ring-and-dot motifs to the obverse, each arm with notched end. 6.7 grams, 39 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 6, Witham, 2008, p.65, fig.C13.49.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 6, Witham, 2008, p.65, fig.C13.49.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Of ansate type with lobe finials; surface covered with ring-and-dot motifs. 11.3 grams, 57 mm
Found UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Found UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Comprising: two elliptical tortoise brooches, each a domed openwork shell with raised ornament of five bell-shaped studs and four Borre Style beasts; frieze of profile beasts to the lower edge and flange rim; catchplate, pin-hinge and pendant attachment bar to the reverse with mineralised remains of textile backing; repaired. 218 grams total, 10.8-11.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Fragment from the foot with trapezoidal plain panel, lateral avian heads and pelta-shaped panel of Style I zoomorphs; remains of catch rib to reverse. 28.3 grams, 57 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 12.39, for type;
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 12.39, for type;
Appliqué with dense interlace design and traces of gilding. 7.26 grams, 41 mm
Found North Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 102, for type.
The style of interlace is similar to that seen on various 8th c. cross shafts, ornamental caskets, etc.
Found North Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 102, for type.
The style of interlace is similar to that seen on various 8th c. cross shafts, ornamental caskets, etc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Hollow-formed pyramidal mount with hexagon design in low relief, slider bar to underside. 1.9 grams, 12 mm
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
See Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, pp.150-1, for discussion.
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
See Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, pp.150-1, for discussion.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Curved flat-section fragment with hatched edges and incised bilinear running zigzag motif, pierced to accept a suspension ring with miniature axehead dangle bearing a ring-and-dot motif and hatched borders. 6.27 grams, 65 mm
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Domed bronze stud with traces of gilding and enamel, silver stud at apex; embedded in a circular block of lead to form a trade weight or gaming piece; two silver discs (or ends of a silver loop) to the underside. 24.7 grams, 20 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-C85DE6.
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.14-j, for type.
Trade weights and gaming pieces in Anglo-Scandinavian culture were often formed by taking a small and finely-made pre-existing item and embedding it into a lead matrix. The effect of this practice has been to preserve smaller pieces which would otherwise not have survived.
Found Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-C85DE6.
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.14-j, for type.
Trade weights and gaming pieces in Anglo-Scandinavian culture were often formed by taking a small and finely-made pre-existing item and embedding it into a lead matrix. The effect of this practice has been to preserve smaller pieces which would otherwise not have survived.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: a plain Roman lanceolate strap end; a strap end with an animal head terminal and interlaced design, two rivet holes (9th century A.D.); a strap end, with multiple interlock animals, two rivet holes (9th century A.D.); a strap end, banded with vertical design (9th century A.D.); a tongue-shaped strap end with a design representing a tree, central boss surrounded by repeated radiate design, three rivet holes; a wolf or dragon head copper stirrup terminal; a round openwork knife's pommel. 85 grams total, 30-65 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 7, Witham, 2011, pp.77, for the 9th century Anglo-Saxon strap ends (figs.5-6-7); p.83, for the Viking tongue-shaped terminal.
The decoration of the military belts included metal strap ends, which were fixed to the end of the belts and formed of protection and acted as a weighted terminal. Strap ends were multi-purpose in function, used primarily in pairs for waist belts, baldrics and horse harnesses.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 7, Witham, 2011, pp.77, for the 9th century Anglo-Saxon strap ends (figs.5-6-7); p.83, for the Viking tongue-shaped terminal.
The decoration of the military belts included metal strap ends, which were fixed to the end of the belts and formed of protection and acted as a weighted terminal. Strap ends were multi-purpose in function, used primarily in pairs for waist belts, baldrics and horse harnesses.
Cruciform mount with three radiating lobes and a fourth slotted section; each lobe with separately cast boss; each boss with upper face divided into four segments, two plain and two with deep hatching; ferrous stains to underside showing attachment points, ferrous stain to the slotted centre; possibly from a portable shrine or reliquary. 56 grams, 49 mm
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 141, for type from an Insular (Irish) context.
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 141, for type from an Insular (Irish) context.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
A bronze cruciform brooch of early type comprising: square headplate with rectangular wings and three knops modelled in the round, shallow bow with ribbed median panel, lappets to the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and nostrils, pin-lug and catch to the reverse, old collector's label '15233'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 27.2 grams, 76 mm (54.8 grams total, 92 mm including stand)
Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
See West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, for discussion, especially fig.145, item 17.
Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
See West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, for discussion, especially fig.145, item 17.
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