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LOT 1704
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (23 grams, 80 mm).
With three radiating lugs to the headplate and equine foot with flared nostrils. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, 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 12.21.
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LOT 1704
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Terminal
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £320
Lozengiform in profile with voids in the spandrels and central cross with pelta finial, overlapping scaled developing to scrolls, applied stud at the central junction; lateral lugs pierced to accept connecting chains; vesica-shaped leaves to the base above bulbous junction with the pin (absent). 10.2 grams, 46 mm
Found near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57990.
Dress pins of this type were worn in sets of three connected with chains or thongs. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With three radiating pelta-shaped lugs to the headplate and shallow bow; imitating the form of a cruciform brooch. 13.6 grams, 67 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Style 1 Mount
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Lozenge with scooped sides and deep rim, band of Style 1 zoomorphic ornament, central escutcheon with quatrefoil. 8.91 grams, 24 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
