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LOT 1819
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Openwork Brooch with Garnets
CIRCA LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (7.94 grams, 32 mm).
With eight spokes each set with a garnet cloison, radiating from a central roundel formed as an inset cell set with a garnet; catchplate and pin-lug on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, type 3.26.16, for type (wirbelfibel).
FootnotesThe 'spokes' and outer ring are formed in such a way as to suggest an array of birds' heads and beaks in a connected line, the cells with inset stones representing the eyes.
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LOT 1819
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Openwork Brooch with Garnets
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze and Lead Artefact Collection
Circa late 5th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £15
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-Saxon Zoomorphic Cruciform Brooch
Late 5th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. -
Late Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With curved profile, openwork design in Winchester Style, attachment lug to reverse. 6.47 grams, 30 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
The decoration shows influence from Scandinavian Ringerike Style.
