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LOT 1763
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Disc Brooch with Beast Facing Back
900-1000 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.78 grams, 28 mm).
Discoid in plan with low-relief regardant beast within a beaded border, remains of lug and catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-0A4178.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, pl.6(3).
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With trapezoidal headplate, shallow bow, narrow triangular foot and disc finial, pin-lugs in ferrous accretion and catch to the reverse; the headplate with angled scaphoid panels to the upper corners and band of billets enclosing a band of guilloche with Salin's Style I facing mask at the end of the bow; broad ribbed bow; lappets of Salin's Style I profile horse-heads flanking the junction of the bow with the footplate with small facing mask between the necks; vertical bar running to the finial, bisecting a cruciform panel with Salin's Style I zoomorphic forms; lateral plain lobes; finial comprising a disc connected to the vertical rib. 75 grams, 15 cm
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12780-239463. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This magnificent brooch finds parallels with specimens derived from the group XVI-XVIII, according to Hines classification, from Market Overton II and Beckford A11. They represent, according to Hines, a transitional stage in the introduction of relief ornament into the headplate frame of brooches associated with group XVI. -
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Artefact Group
8th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising three hooked tags, a disc brooch, a strap end of Thomas's Class A Type 1 with a beast; and a buckle frame. 16 grams total, 19-28 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copies of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report nos.NMS-6ED615, NMS-E62004, NMS-6E719A, NMS-F79C85, NMS-F72F17, NMS-E5B9DA. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Saxon Gold Teardrop Pendant with Cabochon Garnet
Late 5th-early 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
With inset polished cabochon garnet, suspension loop above. 0.66 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
