Formed from a single length of rod; median hoop of four coils developing at each end to a perpendicular coiled plaque. 24.94 grams, 72.00 mm overall, 17.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)

Acquired in Vienna, Austria, in 2001.
In Switzerland before 2005.
Property of a London gentleman.

Formed as an ellipsoid-section tapering rod with the ends flattened. 17.2 grams, 17 mm

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Tall barrel-shaped body with thick rim, impressed cord patterning to the rim and upper body, incised plait designs to the base. 532 grams, 14.6 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.

Of rounded biconvex profile with low rim to the mouth, incised hatched band to the shoulder. 1.76 kg, 27 cm wide

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.

Hollow-formed pyramidal mount with dense Insular Style knotwork design in low relief. 6.72 grams, 20 mm

Found North Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57993.

See Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, for discussion.

The decoration of this mount probably dates it to the 8th century which is very late for this type of artefact. The lack of a transverse bar to the underside suggests that this item may have been a cover or cap for a more functional form of boss.

Comprising a rectangular headplate with geometric panels and punched horseshoes to the border, thick ribbed bow, trefoil footplate with mask to the disc finial; reverse with catch and ferrous remains to the pin-lug. 19 grams, 65 mm.

Found UK.
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 14.8, for type.

Triangular in plan with median rib extending from a triangular panel to the beast-head finial; lateral panels of dense Style I ornament; later piercing below straight edge; Hines's Class B. 7.7 grams, 51 mm

Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Cf. Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, Stockholm, 1993, p.74.

Gusset plates were attached to the lower sleeve of female dresses to ensure that the fabric did not tear when the cuff was opened.

Lozenge with scooped sides and deep rim, band of Style 1 zoomorphic ornament, central escutcheon with quatrefoil. 8.91 grams, 24 mm

Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Cf. Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, plate 13(b), for similar gilt-bronze panel.

Hollow-formed spherical terminal with five radiating kops each with applied filigree scrolls, similar band to the junction with the shank; eight cells each with a recess for a glass stud (five absent). 18.9 grams, 35 mm

Found near Kelling, Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57992.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12286-221758.

See Margeson, S., Ball-Headed Pins: A Typological Puzzle in East Anglian Studies: Essays Presented to J.C. Baringer on his Retirement August 30, 1995, Norwich, 1995.

Knob from a cruciform brooch with attachment loop to rear; stylised facing mask with conical pellet etes, flanking avian heads and panel beneath. 9.96 grams, 40 mm

Found Norfolk, 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 12.36 for examples on the headplate of a brooch.

Discoid with raised rim and panel of geometric roundels and arms in an enamelled matrix. 10.9 grams, 30 mm

Found East Anglia, 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 47.19, for type.

Comprising a large cruciform brooch and two bronze small-long brooches; (A) the cruciform of 'florid' type much gilding and applied silver ornament; the headplate a central rectangle with a high-relief Style I motif, framed on three sides by sheet-silver bands and with panels of gilt billeting to the outer edges, lateral and upper flanges each formed as a stylised male face with conical eyes flanked by avian heads and with a T-shaped sheet-silver beard; the bow broad and flat with vertical columns of punched-pot detailing, and surmounted at the apex by a square panel with green enamel fill and reserved quatrefoil; the lower body with similar panel to the headplate with lateral vertical bands with punched detailing, outer edges with applied sheet-silver panels; below, the foot formed as a stern male face with heavy brows and conical eyes developing to a broad pelta-shaped finial with Style I ornament inside a raised border, lateral avian heads and punched detailing; to the reverse, a ferrous lump attached to the pin-lug and feint solder-scar where the catch was attached; some traces of mineralised fabric; (B) bronze small-long brooch with rectangular headplate divided into three panels, each with punched-point to the outer edges, shallow bow, narrow neck to the footplate with transverse ribbing, trapezoidal foot with punched-point edging; to the reverse, a large pin-lug with ferrous accretion and a small hooked catch below; (C) bronze small-long brooch with rectangular headplate flanked on three sides by T-shaped extensions with stepped profile, incised borderlines and punched pellets; deep carinated bow with stepped corners; pelta-shaped foot with punched pellets to the edges; to the reverse, a D-shaped pin-lug with ferrous accretion inside the bow, narrow catch with hooked edge absent. 225 grams total, 6.3-17.5 cm

Found East Anglia, UK, early 1990s.

Accompanied by a written report compiled by Anglo-Saxon specialist Stephen Pollington.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12287-221153.

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, items 15.13, 15.45 (small-long brooches), and 12.36 (cruciform).

The group belongs to a standard assemblage in 6th century female graves, with two smaller brooches worn at the shoulders to support a peplos dress, and a larger and more ornamental brooch worn on the chest to close a shawl or mantle.