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LOT 1733
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (41 grams total, 15-43 mm).
Including: ansate brooch, wrist clasp, hooked tags, pyramid mount and other items, some with gilding. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Saxon Silver-Gilt Mount
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Discoid mount fragment with punched triangles to the rim, gilded Style I motif to the tondo, short stud to the reverse. 1.2 grams, 17 mm
From continental Europe. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch Group
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: Avent's Class L with flange to the rim, inner collar, central helmetted mask with scaphoid mouth, remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse; Avent's Class L with flange to the rim, inner collar, central mask with central 'eye', remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 5.03 grams total, 13-15 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Brooches of Class L show a developed design in which the original mask has been transformed into a single 'eye' motif in a frame. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With rectangular headplate, shallow bow, foot absent; pin-lugs and catch to the reverse; the headplate with lozengiform panels to the upper corners and broad frame with ring-and-triangle stamped ornament; inner raised frame with opposed-triangle stamping, guilloche border with a raised square at each corner bearing punched pellet; high-relief Salin's Style I beast to the centre above the end of a vertical bar; broad, almost flat bow with lateral ribs and vertical bar, pierced by a stud to accept an applied disc (absent); lappets of Salin's Style I profile horse-heads flanking the junction of the bow with the footplate. 68.7 grams, 82 mm
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
