Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

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.

Disc brooch with low-relief Borre style looped tendrils motif, lug and catch to the reverse. 6.63 grams, 29.5 mm



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

Displaying stylised feather, head and beak detailing; pierced twice for attachment; hollow-formed front plate. 14.19 grams, 56 mm



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

Mixed group of ten strap ends and mounts, including one with a cruciform finial and ring-and-dot decoration, a strap end with an acorn finial, and a strap end with an X-motif. 47 grams total, 23-50 mm



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

Formed as a stylised zoomorphic head with three circular holes for suspension. 12.69 grams, 28.4 mm



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

Wire hoop with ends twisted round the shank, suspension ring and cage of twisted wire containing a rock crystal bead. 7.39 grams, 46 mm



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

Comprising a profile image of a horse with fur texture on the flank, a facing mask on its back with horns above the cap forming a suspension loop; Volga-Finnic type. 2.73 grams, 30 mm wide



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

Disc brooch with low-relief regardant beast within a pelleted border, catchplate and pin-lugs to the reverse. 7.59 grams, 28 mm



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

Heart-shaped in plan with central piriform keeled boss, niello-inlaid floral design; lip to rear and three attachment pins; traces of ferrous backing. 23.5 grams, 53 mm



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

Of Williams Type 2, formed as a flat triangular plate broken across the hole which originally held the iron bit in place, from one corner the elongated terminal extends into a rounded swelling and ends in a rounded knob, possibly suggesting an animal snout; one edge of the plate with a central projecting lobe, used to form the nose of a stylised face with engraved detail resembling the paired spirals flowing up to form arching eyebrows and and eye features; above right of the face running up the top of the fitting an engraved piece of knotwork creating a four-lobed design of a band running off from the the knotwork towards the break. 36.7 grams, 63 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FD1DDE.

Annular suspension loop with pendant axehead, punched roundels to one face. 2.96 grams, 49 mm



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

A Winchester Type tongue-shaped openwork strap end, formed as three branches expanding from a small square stand on a rectangular plaque. 13 grams, 41.6 mm



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