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.

Each barrel-shaped with median carination. 60 grams total, 8-10 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Comprising twisted rods for the shank with tapering finials. 50 grams, 82 mm



Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Comprising a slender round-section shank and flattened lobe finials. 7.7 grams, 56 mm



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.

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.

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.

Lozenge-shaped with lattice and raised pellets to the body, pierced lobe above, ledge to reverse with ferrous accretion. 21.7 grams, 45 mm



Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.