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LOT 1839
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Equal-Armed Brooch
CIRCA 700-900 A.D.
1 3/4 in. (10.6 grams, 43 mm).
Deep bow with lateral flanges, pinlugs and catchplate on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Yorkshire, UK.
LiteratureCf. for similar PAS NLM-3A7A73.
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LOT 1839
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Equal-Armed Brooch
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze and Lead Artefact Collection
Circa late 5th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a pin with a ring-and-dot decorated finial; two brooch pin fragments; four pin finials with ring-and-dot decoration; a beast-head strap end; a large section of a trefoil-headed brooch; a lead pendant with cross motifs; a pin head with a quatrefoil. 47.7 grams total, 9-56 mm
Found Norfolk, Lincolshire and Yorkshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Openwork Brooch with Garnets
Circa late 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With eight spokes each set with a garnet cloison, radiating from a central roundel formed as an inset cell set with a garnet; catchplate and pin-lug on the reverse. 7.94 grams, 32 mm
Found near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
The 'spokes' and outer ring are formed in such a way as to suggest an array of birds' heads and beaks in a connected line, the cells with inset stones representing the eyes. -
Large Anglo-Saxon Cruciform Brooch Section
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising the rectangular headplate from a cruciform brooch (Group IV(dii)) with raised central panel bearing horseshoe stamps on the lateral edges, trapezoidal wings and three integrally-cast waisted lugs each with a D-shaped panel to the outer edge; deep bow of curved section with central square-section knop and spandrels at each end; portion of footplate with lateral lappets each formed as a Style I profile bird-head; portion of catch to reverse and ferrous mass marking the remains of the iron pin. 54.3 grams, 81 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
