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LOT 2128
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hipped Pin with Engraved Head
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (26.3 grams, 62 mm).
With a round-section tappering pin, ribbed collar and a globular head with applied pellets and engraved linear motif.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Hinton, D.A., Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins, Oxford, 2006, fig.3.5, for similar.
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LOT 2128
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hipped Pin with Engraved Head
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Chip-Carved Mount
5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in plan with raised rim, raised 'basketwork' design surrounding a central rectangular cell; remains of ferrous stud to reverse. 6.63 grams, 22 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The design is based on Salin's Style I where overlapping and intersecting parallel lines form the body of an animal. -
Saxon Gilt Bronze Harness Mount
Circa 7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Lozengiform in plan with hatched field and raised cross pommee and central domed stud; attachment pin to reverse. 6.2 grams, 26 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Face of a Warrior
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With raised border and chip-carved warrior mask motif; remains of pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 3.39 grams, 17.09 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
