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LOT 1810
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Brooch Terminal with Moustached Face
CIRCA 500-550 A.D.
7/8 in. (4.34 grams, 21 mm).
Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask and crescent below; attachment lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, (Group IV), fig.152(5).
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LOT 1810
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Brooch Terminal with Moustached Face
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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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-Scandinavian Gilt Bronze Rectangular Jewelled Brooch
11th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £40
Rectangular in plan with incurved edges; the border a series of graduated lobes, the larger ones each with a cell to accept a gemstone, with some still present; central panel with a D-shaped cell to each inner edge to accept enamel; lugs and catch to reverse. 21 grams, 38.8 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Zoomorphic Cruciform Brooch
Late 5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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.
