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LOT 1777
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 7/8 in. (52 grams total, 13-48 mm).
Including strap-ends, dress-pin parts, book page-marker and other items. [22, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With carinated bow and three radiating knops to the headplate. 10.3 grams, 64 mm
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
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Irish Early Christian Gilt-Bronze Drinking Horn Terminal
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Slender in form and gently curved, formed as the head and neck of a crane with narrow beak and inset glass eyes; baluster to the rear and multilinear curved bands. 11 grams, 43 mm
Found near Thetford, Norfolk, UK, circa 2018. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. -
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Terminal
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £358
Lozengiform in profile with voids in the spandrels and central cross with pelta finial, overlapping scaled developing to scrolls, applied stud at the central junction; lateral lugs pierced to accept connecting chains; vesica-shaped leaves to the base above bulbous junction with the pin (absent). 10.2 grams, 46 mm
Found near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57990.
Dress pins of this type were worn in sets of three connected with chains or thongs.
