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Modelled as a stylised beaked beast’s head, with a pointed muzzle, separated open jaws and bossed eyes, incised and moulded ornament extends behind the brow. 5.4 grams, 21 mm



Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.

Including mainly heart-shaped plates with roves to the reverse. 133 grams total, 22-30 mm



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

Comprising a headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings; raised central square panel with incised vegetal motive; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate triangular with transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse; a marriage. 42 grams, 11.6 cm



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.

A grave assemblage in a paper sleeve marked 'Firgove Hill', comprising a glass bead, iron knife blade and bronze ring. 20 grams total, 21-82 mm



Found at Firgrove Hill, near Farnham, Surrey, UK. Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.

Formed as a miniature axehead with a broad blade, with a coiled suspension ring. 1.05 grams, 36 mm



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

Comprising a rectangular headplate and deep bow, the elongated foot with two lateral extensions and a flared finial; a marriage. 22.2 grams, 79 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.

Discoid with inward-facing Borre-style animal heads arranged in three sections, pelleted decoration to the border and central trefoil; catchplate to the reverse. 9.85 grams, 26.7 mm



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

Flat-section cruciform plaque with ring-and-dot detailing to obverse, barrel-shaped Byzantine-style suspension loop. 27.2 grams, 73 mm



Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Substantial and slightly curved mount with apex loop partly absent; low-relief mask formed with lentoid eyes and broad moustache, narrow chin; ledge to rear pierced to accept rivets still in situ; Williams's Class A Type 9. 16.3 grams, 31 mm



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

Comprising a disc with raised rim enclosing a panel with granulated surface and two piercings; hooked shank with a single granule to the base. 1.02 grams, 18 mm



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

Comprising a short D-section bow connecting two flat triangular-section plates, each with expanding shoulders and ribbed border; remains of pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 11.5 grams, 46 mm



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

Comprising a square headplate with three (one absent) radiating flanges, each with pointillé detailing to the outer edge; shallow bow with chamfered end; rectangular footplate with panel of transverse ribbing; pin-lug and catch to reverse, remains of ferrous pin. 6.39 grams, 64 mm



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