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LOT 1763
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
LATER 5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (3 5/8 in.) (27.2 grams, 76 mm (54.8 grams total, 92 mm including stand)).
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. [No Reserve]
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.145, item 17.
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LOT 1763
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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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 Acanthus Leaf Strap End
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rectangular in plan, openwork Winchester Style design of acanthus leaves, knop finial. 13.2 grams, 39 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With broad rectangular headplate and slender bow and foot. 13.5 grams, 61 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
