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Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed as a crescentic plaque with integral loop, each horn terminating in an avian head. 2.89 grams, 24 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Comprising a rectangular headplate flanked by rectangular panes, each with an integral domed boss; deep carinated bow with ribbing at each end; pelta-shaped foot with flange pierced in two places (for attachment of bead swags); pin-lug in ferrous accretion and catch to reverse. 14 grams, 55 mm
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 153(1).
The brooch is unusual in having a fully-developed cruciform headplate and bow, but a simple flanged foot rather than the normal horse-head style. It is paralleled in West's corpus in fig.153 (1) where a similar melding of cruciform and small-long elements is found.
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 153(1).
The brooch is unusual in having a fully-developed cruciform headplate and bow, but a simple flanged foot rather than the normal horse-head style. It is paralleled in West's corpus in fig.153 (1) where a similar melding of cruciform and small-long elements is found.
Discoid with an applied loop, central motif of two opposing pyramids within a pellet border. 0.32 grams, 11 mm
From the collection of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
From the collection of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Museum Recorded
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With three radiating rectangular knops on the headplate, shallow carinated bow, segmented footplate with trapezoidal foot; large catch and pin-lug to reverse. 14.8 grams, 62 mm
Found near Willingham, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-0A5807.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Penn, K. & Brugmann, B., EAA 119: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Burial Norwich, 2007; Martin, T., The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England Woodbridge, 2015.
The brooch is classified as Penn and Brugmann's SM2 type, small-long with trefoil headplate; most of its features can be paralleled from the cruciform brooch typology.
Found near Willingham, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-0A5807.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Penn, K. & Brugmann, B., EAA 119: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Burial Norwich, 2007; Martin, T., The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England Woodbridge, 2015.
The brooch is classified as Penn and Brugmann's SM2 type, small-long with trefoil headplate; most of its features can be paralleled from the cruciform brooch typology.
Including: stepped bezel with flanges, rosette bezel with flanking foliage and other types. 16.9 grams total, 19-25 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Trefoil type with stud to reverse, low-relief central heater shield with chevronny design, blue and red enamel fill with traces of gilding. 28 grams, 39 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Found Suffolk, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including quatrefoil, scallop and other types each with enamelled heraldic design. 31.9 grams total, 31-37 mm
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including belt buckles, shell and star-shaped mounts, lead tokens and others. 275 grams total, 14-93 mm
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
N.B. This lot is for UK buyers only.
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
N.B. This lot is for UK buyers only.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With scaphoid bezel decorated with concentric rings. 5.68 grams, 22.30 mm overall, 18.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Lozengiform in plan, openwork design of an expanding-arm cross bordered by scrolls and knotwork with beaded borders; central cross with nimbate bearded figure in long robe, obverse holding book and cross, reverse with hands flat on chest; incised legend to lower body of each figure and in the panel above. 252 grams, 15 cm
London private collection, since 2006.
From a private collection, Suffolk, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
London private collection, since 2006.
From a private collection, Suffolk, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Each with stylised detailing, mouth closed around a round-section spout, curved round-section neck with section cut away for attachment. 359 grams total, 54-91 mm
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Lewis, J.M., Bronze Aquamaniles and Ewers, Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 7, 1991, for a similar example excavated from Cardiff Castle moats.
A priest's laver was a large ceremonial basin used for ritual ablutions.
Found East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Lewis, J.M., Bronze Aquamaniles and Ewers, Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 7, 1991, for a similar example excavated from Cardiff Castle moats.
A priest's laver was a large ceremonial basin used for ritual ablutions.
.jpg "Medieval and Other Bronze Artefact Collection")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a seal matrix with trilobed handle with initials 'PEE' or 'PFE'; a spur rowel fragment; thee buckle frames; an oval belt mount; a clothing fastener with swirling foliage; a large buckle frame and plate; an oval buckle with forked spacer; a fragment of a buckle frame with hatched decoration; two cooking vessel legs; lead bag seal inscribed 'SPILL...ERS' and 'NEWCAS' to one side, the other side with 'PATE'; a pierced lead disc; a buckle loop formed as two animals biting the crossbar; a book clasp with fleur-de-lis; a furniture fitting with a facing head with sun burst behind; a lead-alloy harness boss with a twelve-petalled flower. 426 grams total including document, 16-95 mm
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Eighteen objects with record sheets by Jim Halliday.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
N.B. This lot is for UK purchase only.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Eighteen objects with record sheets by Jim Halliday.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
N.B. This lot is for UK purchase only.
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