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LOT 1427
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Helmetted Head Button Brooch Collection
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (15.7 grams total, 14-21 mm).
Comprising four uncleaned brooches displaying stylised male faces, including one with traces of gilding; each with remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Berkshire, UK.
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LOT 1427
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Helmetted Head Button Brooch Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Saxon Silver-Gilt Pin with Beast Heads
8th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With a flat, tongue-shaped head connected to the shaft by a rectangular collar; the shaft with a bulbous 'rib’ approximately 20 mm from the tip; the upper portion of the head with radiate detailing and a Trewhiddle Style zoomorph; recessed panel with knotwork motif below, within an elliptical panel with lateral flanches towards the base. 2.91 grams, 76 mm
Ex Lord McAlpine collection. Ex David Miller collection.
Dress pins of this period are often 'hipped', with a small bulb about two-thirds of the length of the shank in order to secure them in the weave of the fabric. The present piece is very delicate and would have been suitable only for a fine linen or silk garment of the highest quality. -
Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Zoomorphic Strap End
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With an animal head in relief to one terminal, ears laid back against the body, the body with geometric ornament inlaid with niello. 10.5 grams, 56 mm
Found near Brandon, Suffolk, UK, late 2000s. -
Saxon and Other Bronze Strap End Collection
Circa 8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising mainly Thomas's Class A Types 1, 2 and 5, many with silver inlay and niello; two tongue-shaped types. 54.6 grams total, 34-51 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Thomas' Class A is the classic ‘long’ 9th-century strap end with animal-head terminal, often depicted in the Trewhiddle style. During the 9th century, for the first time in the Anglo-Saxon period, we see the adoption of what may be termed a 'national' artistic style - the Trewhiddle style - which has been recognised on objects from Anglo-Saxon England, from as far as Cornwall and Talnotrie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.
