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LOT 1695
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
LATER 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (28.5 grams, 87 mm).
With trapezoidal headplate and lateral wings, domed stud above, deep bow and equine finial; ferrous remains to reverse. [No Reserve]
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 12.3.
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LOT 1695
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Radiate-Headed Brooch
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Found Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. From an old private collection of a Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-2A90CB. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a small-long brooch with deep bow and square headplate with incised saltire; a strap-junction of two rings joined by a D-section arm, with radiating lugs; a cruciform brooch with bow-tie head plate and three radiating D-shaped plaques, short bow, footplate with lateral lappets and horse-head finial with scrolled nostrils, pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. 103 grams total, 3.7-15.5 cm
Found UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Formed as a circular rod with ends twisted into a spiral bezel and wound about the shank. 5.57 grams, 50 mm
Acquired on the European art market in the late 1980s. Ex North American private collection.
