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LOT 1716
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (70 grams, 12.8 cm).
With trapezoidal headplate and lateral wings, domed stud above, deep bow and equine finial with discoid nostrils.
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.12.
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LOT 1716
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
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A bronze cruciform brooch of early type comprising: square headplate with rectangular wings and three knops modelled in the round, shallow bow with ribbed median panel, lappets to the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and nostrils, pin-lug and catch to the reverse, old collector's label '15233'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 27.2 grams, 76 mm (54.8 grams total, 92 mm including stand)
Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
