D-section hoop and discoid bezel with incuse image of a stylised lion facing right. 6.00 grams, 25.02 mm overall, 21.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

The ring belongs to the category where the bezel and the ring’s platform merge together, forming a round plate. The round bezel is often decorated with an animal figure.

Comprising a hinged loop and hollow-formed crescent with granulated edges, hatched detailing. 2.65 grams, 22 mm



From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collection established from the earlier 1960s.

Annular suspension loop with pendant axehead, notching to both faces. 1.75 grams, 27 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

D-section hoop with a lentoid bezel with an incuse image of a stylised horse walking left. 4.64 grams, 20.76 mm overall, 14.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F 1/2, USA 3, Europe 4.3, Japan 4)



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

This category of rings shows a combination of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian animal ornaments. They derived from the Selkirk ring, with a speckled, backwards-biting animal inside an ovoid bezel. This style seems to be typically Nordic, and the size of the ring suggests a child's ring.

With square headplate and lozengiform foot, band of punched pellets to the edges, pin-lug and catch to reverse. 10.4 grams, 54 mm



Found Essex, UK. Acquired from TimeLine Originals, Essex, UK, circa 2010. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.

Group of three mounts each with scalloped lateral edges, carinated section, everted ends; two mounting pegs to reverse. 29.2 grams total, 43-45 mm



Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a round-section hoop with keeled shoulders, with pointillé decoration; a lentoid bezel with pointillé border and central facing figure. 6.34 grams, 25.80 mm overall, 20.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

The image is reminiscent of Celtic (Gaulish) divine iconography, and these kinds of rings were in fact found in Gallo-Roman graves, belonging to the Gallo-Roman population under Carolingian rule.

With a hoop with overlapping terminals and coiled wire sleeves; free-running axehead pendant decorated with a single ring-and-dot motif from which radiate rows of pecked lines. 6.1 grams, 53 mm

Fine condition.

Dorset, UK, collection, 1990s. Ex property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

Triangular plaque with openwork decoration and stylised beast head finials, the lower six loops each with lozenge-shaped dangle, pennanular loop supporting cosmetic pin. 68 grams, 19 cm



From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Flat-section crescentic body with low-relief chevron decoration and integral suspension loop. 2.33 grams, 28 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Group of two openwork fire strikers, each with with scrolled vegetal ornament. 53 grams total, 66-68 mm



Private collection, Austria.

With openwork bifacial handle depicting central standing figure with arms outstretched towards the necks of two flanking rampant beasts; iron blade beneath; Finno-Ugric type. 58 grams, 60 mm



From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.