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Williams's Class A Type 8, triangular in profile with high-relief zoomorphic detailing to the obverse, hatched panels and beast-head knops to the lower edge, two piercings, deep ledge to reverse; repaired. 22.7 grams, 63 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Rectangular in plan with raised rim, raised 'basketwork' design surrounding a central rectangular cell; remains of ferrous stud to reverse. 6.63 grams, 22 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

The design is based on Salin's Style I where overlapping and intersecting parallel lines form the body of an animal.

Williams's Class A Type 9, formed as a stylised face with almond-shaped eyes, wide nose and mustache; attachment loop to the top; accompanied by a handwritten note 'Viking Stirrup Mount, 1000-1100 AD'. 18.7 grams, 38 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Composed of a slightly domed openwork body, the central bearded face with raised eyes and note, fleur-de-lys pierced for suspension below, two arms with large loops. 34.7 grams, 80.4 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Formed as a single square-section wire twisted about its own length with one looped end and one hooked. 4.9 grams, 49 mm



From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.

Comprising five heart-shaped mounts with a grooved edge. 10.2 grams total, 39-74.6 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Loop with incised ropework effect, ends twisted round the shank; drop comprising fusiform and tabular beads on wire frame with lateral dangles, large amethyst drop below. 14.2 grams, 65 mm



Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

Featuring a cruciform headplate, a deep bow and a slender footplate; a marriage. 12.8 grams, 65 mm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.

Lozengiform in plan with hatched field and raised cross pommee and central domed stud; attachment pin to reverse. 6.2 grams, 26 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Each a thin disc with a square-section stud to the reverse, most bent over perpendicular for attachment. 104 grams total, 24-28 mm



Acquired Germany in the early 1980s. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

With a thick penannular loop and polyhedral finial set with twelve garnet cloisons, some detached. 6.36 grams, 34 mm



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

Comprising two formed as a flat-section hoop with expanding shoulders and bezel holding blue and pink glass cabochons; two with flat-section hoop, double-bezel holding pink and blue glass cabochons. 9.11 grams total, 21-23 mm



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