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LOT 1789
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.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-0A4178.
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 Bronze Applied Disc Brooch
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Discoid in plan with pin-lug, chord, pin and catch to the reverse; applied rim secured by four domed rivets; low-relief hexafoil motif with interstitial ring-and-dot motifs, segmented border. 16.9 grams, 48 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman.
Applied brooches are a recognised form of early Anglo-Saxon costume, associated mostly with Saxon areas such as Sussex and the Thames valley. The majority of such brooches are made up from a plain backplate with the pin and catch attached, and a thin front plate with repoussé ornament. The present example appears to be formed as a decorative body with an applied rim; there is evidence for this construction technique in the form of two unassociated rims from a grave at Fairford (Gloucestershire) (MacGregor & Bolick, item 1.39). -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Long Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Comprising a rectangular headplate and three radiating knops, broad bow and horse-head footplate with scrolled nostril, suspension loop to the reverse; accompanied with note reading: 'Anglo-Saxon, Bronze Cruciform Brooch, C. 6th century AD, Bronze cruciform brooch of fine quality. Features an integral top & side with semi-circular knobs & moulded collars. it has short wings & a high arched bow with a central groove & faceted corners, with a fine zoomorphic foot. Provenance: M. O'Bee collection, found in Lincolnshire in the 1970's.' 19.2 grams, 80 mm
Found in Lincolnshire, UK, in the 1970s. M. O'Bee collection. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information ticket. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Equal-Arm Brooch Group
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Group of three ansate brooches each with pin-lugs and catch to reverse. 16.8 grams total, 38-40 mm
Found Norfolk, UK.
