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LOT 1687
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (5 1/8 in.) (54 grams, 11.7 cm (95.4 grams total, 13 cm including stand)).
Of Type West Stow Heath comprising: square headplate with punched horseshoe motifs, lateral trapezoidal wings and three radiating knops modelled in the half-round, deep bow with chamfered ends, collars above the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and bulb nostrils, loop finial, pin-lug and catch to the reverse with old collector's label '92.225'; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceProperty of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
See West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, for discussion, especially fig.146, item 22.
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LOT 1687
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A bronze cruciform brooch formed of a raised rectangular headplate with rectangular lateral wings surmounted by domed knop with ribbed collar; D-section bow with transverse ribbing; ribbed footplate extending to an animal-head terminal with prominent eyes and rounded nostrils; catchplate to the reverse with ferrous remains. 26 grams, 83 mm
Found UK. From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Ansate Brooch
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rectangular with scooped edges and stepped profile, incised hatching and ring-and-dot ornament. 8.76 grams, 50 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hook Fastener
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D-shaped tag with hook to the apex and pierced lugs above ring-and-dot motif surrounded by pellets. 3.2 grams, 28 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
