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LOT 1700
Anglo-Norman Bronze Scabbard Terminal with Advancing Beast
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (31.8 grams total, 59 mm wide including stand).
A Romanesque chape for a dagger sheath comprising a C-section openwork bifacial advancing beast in crouching pose bearing a lobed figure on its back; extending to the rear on each side, a slender balustered arm with leaf-shaped finial; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFound Essex, 1997.
Property of a Sussex gentleman.
See Bishop, B., Martial Identity in the Early Medieval Period: Classification and Analysis of Dual-Faced Scabbard Mounts from the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries AD, University of Reading MA Thesis.
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LOT 1700
Anglo-Norman Bronze Scabbard Terminal with Advancing Beast
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Medieval and Later Dutch Pottery Pit Dug Fragment Group
Circa 15th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Most glazed and from various vessel types, including examples with decoration. 17 kg total, 2-31 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval and Later Dutch Pottery Pit Dug Fragment Group
Circa 15th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Most glazed and from various vessel types, including examples with decoration. 19.5 kg total, 1.5-17.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Ceramic Group
15th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising glazed vessels including tripod pots with handles, jar, platter, jug and pouring pot; polychrome floral decoration to one fragment; chipped and cracked. 3.7 kg total, 5.2-24 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
