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LOT 1795
Anglo-Saxon and Norman Bronze Artefact Group
6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 2 in. (124 grams total, 15-51 mm).
Mixed group of items, including a pin finial, strap end, the head-plate from a brooch, and others. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
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LOT 1795
Anglo-Saxon and Norman Bronze Artefact Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Reliquary Box Mount Fragment
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Irregular fragment of a bronze panel with reserved saltire and central pierced roundel; flanking panels of low-relief spirals, triquetras, scrolls and other motifs; possibly Hiberno-Saxon work. 6.65 grams, 44 mm
Acquired circa 1980. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Brooch Terminal with Moustached Face
Circa 500-550 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask in conical brimmed hat, crescent below with bird-head terminals; remains of attachment loops to reverse. 2.3 grams, 21 mm
Found near Gunthorpe, North Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd October 2021. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-43286D. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Openwork Brooch with Garnets
Circa late 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With eight spokes each set with a garnet cloison, radiating from a central roundel formed as an inset cell set with a garnet; catchplate and pin-lug on the reverse. 7.94 grams, 32 mm
Found near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
The 'spokes' and outer ring are formed in such a way as to suggest an array of birds' heads and beaks in a connected line, the cells with inset stones representing the eyes.
