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LOT 1804
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Brooch Terminal with Moustached Face
CIRCA 500-550 A.D.
7/8 in. (2.3 grams, 21 mm).
Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask in conical brimmed hat, crescent below with bird-head terminals; remains of attachment loops to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Gunthorpe, North Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd October 2021.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-43286D.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, (Group IV) fig.152(5), for type.
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LOT 1804
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Brooch Terminal with Moustached Face
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
The headplate with a raised trapezoidal panel with rectangular wings decorated with grooves, a full-round knob projecting from the end of the central panel, a keeled bow and an animal head foot; a catchplate and pin-lugs on the reverse. 16.8 grams, 64 mm
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Brooch Foot with Mask
Circa late 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
High-status finial formed as a facing mask with raised pellet eyes and arching eyebrows, triangular nose and horizontal pouting mouth; two opposing bird heads with hooked beaks flanking the brow; section of carinated footplate above. 11.9 grams, 34 mm
Found near North Kelsey, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
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Post Saxon Decorated Lead Spindle Whorl with Runic Letter
Circa 1200 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Biconical in form, with flat top and bottom surfaces, central perforation measuring 9.2 mm; both surfaces decorated with raised motifs including a non-standard rune shape (but similar to the Hægel rune). 29.1 grams, 28 mm
Found near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LIN-5C4312.
The raised design resembles some Anglo-Saxon runes: for example, the Hægel rune with a pellet, Yr rune and others. Perhaps the motifs were designed by someone who had seen runes in a text somewhere.
