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LOT 1315
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (86 grams total, 12-46 mm).
Mainly comprising fragmentary artefacts, including: brooch elements displaying ornament; sleeve clasps with repoussé pellets; loop fittings; buckles; pierced roundel with figure to one face and star in crescent to the other; together with other items. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCambridgeshire collection, 1990s.
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Saxon And Other Bronze Zoomorphic Strap End Collection
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Pierced for rivets for mounting; mostly Thomas's Class A (Types 1,2,5) Class B (Type 2) with interlace or geometric schemes; with an appliqué mount with facing mask and hood ending in bird-heads. 50 grams total, 32-45 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Trefoil projections to the headplate, almost conical bow and collared lower body; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 18 grams, 70 mm
Cambridgeshire collection, 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Equal-Armed Brooch
5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Of bow-tie form with raised central section; pin lug and catchplate to reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand with accompanying description reading 'Uncommon native type / Late 5th cent. AD / Found in East Anglia / Evolved from continental brooches, the few known are from East Anglia. cf. Salin 1940, 176; Reichstein 1975, Taf. 110, 2 and 3.' 68 grams, 86 mm high including stand
Found East Anglia, UK. From the Hattatt collection, 1985. Ex Astarte collection with reference no.00/531/09.
