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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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Equal-Armed Brooch
Circa 700-900 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Deep bow with lateral flanges, pinlugs and catchplate on the reverse. 10.6 grams, 43 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
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. -
Anglo-Saxon Zoomorphic Cruciform Brooch
Late 5th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening 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
Found Uttlesford, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-0D30CE.
