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LOT 1734
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Long Brooch
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (16.4 grams, 83 mm).
Comprising a rectangular headplate with raised trapezoidal panel, shallow bow, horse-head footplate with catch to reverse; repaired from parts. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Entwined Serpent Mount
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With openwork design of two serpents interlaced, each with billeted body and lentoid eyes, ropework border to the shorter sides; old collector's accession numbers to the underside '91.115' and '15871'. 10.9 grams, 46 mm
UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. Ex property of an English gentleman.
The decorative pattern of this mount is similar to what, according to S. West, is an Anglo-Saxon die found in Suffolk, where legless animal forms are represented lying head to tail, with beaded bodies within a beaded border. Also here the animals are showing interlaced jaws and headed bodies, all contained in a border. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Miniature Zoomorphic Strap End
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With low-relief rosette pattern and beast-head finial, split upper end with securing rivet. 1.97 grams, 25 mm
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
