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Segmented deep bow with wide headplate, remains of attachment lug to the reverse. 14.4 grams, 39.6 mm wide



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

Formed as six tightly-wound coils of oval-section rod, tapered ends; Baltic type. 19.24 grams, 23.38 mm overall, 16.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)



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

Comprising a flat-section body with incised annulets and zig-zag motifs, a bird-shaped openwork finial with hooked beak and large eye set with a red stone cabochon. 30 grams, 71 mm



Ex Midlands, UK, collection, 1990s. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Split along the upper edge of the plate; two lobes with piercings for the attachment rivets and pellet between; central panel ornamented with two inlaid length of silver scrolled motifs; zoomorphic terminal with triangular ears, bulbous eyes and a ribbed square snout. 4.55 grams, 42.8 mm



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

Modelled as an openwork trapezoid buckle with a figure of a standing figure with hands folded at hips, one eye almond-shaped and one eye narrow; possibly depicting god Odin. 6.1 grams, 57 mm



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

An openwork cubical loop with stylised curved beak, incised lines to the outter face. 24.1 grams, 38 mm



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

Tongue-shaped with low-relief motif of a tree with ten branches, two holes for suspension. 7.71 grams, 41 mm



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

Polished teardrop-shaped pendant, drilled and cut to the top for suspension. 6.3 grams, 24 mm



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

With a raised central rosette and four arms terminating in Borre-style animal heads, catchplate and pin bar to the obverse. 6.55 grams, 30 mm



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

Williams's Class A, triangular in plan with beast-head at the apex, three neat holes to the face and a collared knop to each lower corner, shallow ledge to reverse. 12.88 grams, 46 mm



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

Of Williams’s Class A Type 5 formed as a pentagonal plate with two tendrils above, each with a scrolled end, joining at the apex to form a beast-head with the attachment loop in its mouth; narrow ledge to the lower rear above two rivet holes, one with ferrous remains; the apex extending to the rivet hole. 16.4 grams, 52 mm



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

With thick braided bezel of two rods with beaded wire between. 5.33 grams, 24.32 mm overall, 18.28 x 17.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.