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LOT 1697
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hook Fastener
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (3.2 grams, 28 mm).
D-shaped tag with hook to the apex and pierced lugs above ring-and-dot motif surrounded by pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Nummular Brooch
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Disc brooch with pin-lug to the reverse and scar where the catch was soldered on, low-relief design of a profile bust inside a ring of ropework and pellets. 3.54 grams, 23 mm
Found near New Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.FAKL-DFD6D3.
The design of the brooch is based on the form of contemporary coins. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Later 5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
A bronze cruciform brooch of early type comprising: square headplate with rectangular wings and three knops modelled in the round, shallow bow with ribbed median panel, lappets to the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and nostrils, pin-lug and catch to the reverse, old collector's label '15233'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 27.2 grams, 76 mm (54.8 grams total, 92 mm including stand)
Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With head knobs cast in one with the plate, side lugs below the arches and foot moulded with a stylised human head. 71 grams, 11.9 cm
Found UK. From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection. Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
The long brooch is of developed Anglian cruciform type, originally possibly fitted with iron sprung pin of type G. The specimen shows an evolution from the Gothic crossbow type: especially in England, the knobs of the cruciform type brooches were cast integrally with the head-plate, which became larger and the bow below the arched section sprouted bronze lugs.
