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LOT 1864
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (14.93 grams total, 36-42 mm).
Comprising: strap-end with trefoil finial, split shank and pin; gilt wrist clasp of Hines's Form C1 with hook to fore edge, rectangular cell above the hook with enamel fill. [2]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK, 1980s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
For wrist-clasp cf. Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, Stockholm, 1993, pl.XXII, for type.
FootnotesThe enamel fill on the clasp is most unusual, probably restricted to a small area of the Cambridgeshire Fens.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising: strap-end with trefoil finial, split shank and pin; gilt wrist clasp of Hines's Form C1 with hook to fore edge, rectangular cell above the hook with enamel fill. 14.93 grams total, 36-42 mm
Found Norfolk, UK, 1980s. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The enamel fill on the clasp is most unusual, probably restricted to a small area of the Cambridgeshire Fens. -
Anglo-Saxon Decorated Bronze Tweezers
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With broad triangular blades and narrow returned shank with punched point detailing, wire loop; old collector's ticket 'Saxon site Nr Malton at Scagglethorpe, + Settrington'. 6.06 grams, 61 mm
Found near Malton, North Yorkshire, UK. Acquired circa 2009. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by an old handwritten dealer's ticket. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Map by Robert Morden of Saxon Britain
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Hand-coloured in outline, framed and glazed with identification label to verso, published in 1695; with Old English place names printed in appropriate font and spelling. 1.06 kg, 44 x 36.5 cm
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
