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LOT 1593
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (28 grams total, 20-66 mm).
Including cosmetic tweezers with pointillé detailing; strap-end with silver inlay, hooked clothes fastener and other items. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Collection
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including cosmetic tweezers with pointillé detailing; strap-end with silver inlay, hooked clothes fastener and other items. 28 grams total, 20-66 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Pelta Mount
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Comprising a pelta-shaped panel pierced in three places to accept a rivet (one absent); obverse with low-relief Style II knotwork. 18.2 grams, 56 mm
Found Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Late Anglo-Saxon Bronze Ring with Four Ovate Bezels
Circa 1100-1400 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Comprising a large sub-circular hoop with four evenly spaced ovate bezels giving an octagonal appearance to the hoop; the bezels with a moulded collar to each side and with a deeply incised symbol: one with a Trewhiddle style beast(?); the second with a symbol resembling lower case Omega sign; the third and fourth bezel with two upper case Omega symbols oriented horizontally with the bases at the centre of the bezel. 4.55 grams, 26.17 mm overall, 20.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near North Yorkshire, UK, in 2020, by Mark Didlick. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-110C9F.
