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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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Large Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch
Late 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £350
Discoid in plan with raised rim and inner ridge decorated with notches, six radiating arms with notch detailing and interstitial chevrons; central knop rivetted from reverse; remains of catch to reverse. 20.4 grams, 37 mm
Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector.
The saucer brooch was one of the commonest types of brooches used by Anglo-Saxon women, usually occurring in matched pairs on the chest. This typology extends in time from the 5th to the late 6th century, especially diffused south of the Humber and East of the Severn, with a concentration in the south Midlands and Upper Thames Valley. -
Late Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With curved profile, openwork design in Winchester Style, attachment lug to reverse. 6.47 grams, 30 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
The decoration shows influence from Scandinavian Ringerike Style. -
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.
