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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A rare nummular brooch with pierced lugs to the reverse; low-relief design comprising a pelletted border and cross, quadruped supporting a processional cross. 6.68 grams, 23.65 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Ex Paul Moore collection, 1990s-2000s.
Accompanied by a Paul Moore display card.
See British Museum accession no. 1951,0206.1, for a more elaborate form of nummular brooch.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Ex Paul Moore collection, 1990s-2000s.
Accompanied by a Paul Moore display card.
See British Museum accession no. 1951,0206.1, for a more elaborate form of nummular brooch.
Including: wrist clasp elements, hooked tag and other items. 22.7 grams total, 9-52 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Each barrel-shaped with median carination. 60 grams total, 8-10 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising twisted rods for the shank with tapering finials. 50 grams, 82 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With beast-head and other detailing, hollow to the reverse. 51.4 grams total, 28-48 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
See Williams, D., Stirrup Terminals, Datasheet 24, Finds Research Group, 1997.
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
See Williams, D., Stirrup Terminals, Datasheet 24, Finds Research Group, 1997.
Discoid plaque with lateral attachment loops, sturdy hook, Y-shaped Trewhiddle Style ornament. 1.91 grams, 23 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: a tongue-shaped mount of Williams's Class A Type II with pierced trefoil final, high-relief wolf in profile with head raised, two rivet-holes to the base and narrow ledge to the reverse; a triangular mount of Williams' Class A Type 14 with three radiating arms at the apex and rivet-hole between, low-relief chevron to the plaque, angled ledge to the lower edge with median rivet-hole. 43.3 grams total, 49-53 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 225, 352.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 225, 352.
Comprising: plain rod coiled to form a finger ring; penannular hoop with coiled rod extensions; Baltic types. 27 grams total, 21-24 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Cf. Griciuviene, E., Seliai. The Selonians, Vilnius, 2007, item 702, for type.
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Cf. Griciuviene, E., Seliai. The Selonians, Vilnius, 2007, item 702, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a slender round-section shank and flattened lobe finials. 7.7 grams, 56 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
Including: stirrup mount, strap junction, pendant and other items. 36 grams total, 22-37 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Comprising: a stirrup mount; two fragments of footplate, each from a cruciform brooch; bronze fitting (from a harp?) with addorsed beast-heads. 45 grams total, 23-50 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Decorated sheet gold sleeve, hoof-shaped stone mounted in the socket; loop absent. 0.18 grams, 10 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This amulet was believed to offer protection against 'Elfshot'. The attack of elves was believed responsible for mysterious suffering in men and livestock: sudden shooting pains localised to a particular area of the body, such as in rheumatism, arthritis or muscle stitches or cramps. Elves were thought to shoot darts or arrows where such pains had no obvious external cause. Belief in elfshot persisted into the 20th century in rural areas, and as proof country folk would sometimes find small arrowheads (the remains of Neolithic or Mesolithic flints, or naturally-occurring spear-shaped stones) that were believed to be the magical weapons that caused the afflictions. Belief in elfshot began in the Pagan Germanic period.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This amulet was believed to offer protection against 'Elfshot'. The attack of elves was believed responsible for mysterious suffering in men and livestock: sudden shooting pains localised to a particular area of the body, such as in rheumatism, arthritis or muscle stitches or cramps. Elves were thought to shoot darts or arrows where such pains had no obvious external cause. Belief in elfshot persisted into the 20th century in rural areas, and as proof country folk would sometimes find small arrowheads (the remains of Neolithic or Mesolithic flints, or naturally-occurring spear-shaped stones) that were believed to be the magical weapons that caused the afflictions. Belief in elfshot began in the Pagan Germanic period.
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