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LOT 1576
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 1/2 in. (8.69 grams total, 30-63 mm).
Comprising: small-long brooch with knop finials; fragment of hair-pin terminal with scroll ornament. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End Group
Circa 9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising: one with scooped upper end, low-relief knotwork, beast-head finial; one with pierced lobes at the upper end, leaf-shaped body with openwork foliage motif, beast-head finial. 7.19 grams total, 33-40 mm
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Saxon Gold Jewel Backing Disc
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Thin foil panel, possibly used as the backing to mount a jewel. 1.16 grams, 20 mm
From an old English collection. Acquired from Spink, York, circa 1986. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The foil is unlikely to have been used as a backing for a garnet cloison or cabochon since it is almost flat, but it may have been intended for treatment with the waffle-pattern texture normally used to mount such jewels. -
Anglo-Saxon Glass Bead Group
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Including seed beads, annular, oblate, tear-shaped and other types. 17.2 grams total, 3-16 mm
Found on an Anglo-Saxon site in Suffolk, UK. Acquired at Birmingham Coin & Antiquities Fair, 2007. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
