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LOT 1715
Anglo-Saxon Bronze 'Published' Clothes Fastener Collection
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 in. (9.42 grams total, 12-25 mm).
Discoid and triangular hooked tags with attachment points; many of these are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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LOT 1715
Anglo-Saxon Bronze 'Published' Clothes Fastener Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With three radiating lugs to the headplate and equine foot with flared nostrils. 23 grams, 80 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With broad rectangular headplate and slender bow and foot. 13.5 grams, 61 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Of Type West Stow Heath comprising: square headplate with punched horseshoe motifs, lateral trapezoidal wings and three radiating knops modelled in the half-round, deep bow with chamfered ends, collars above the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and bulb nostrils, loop finial, pin-lug and catch to the reverse with old collector's label '92.225'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 54 grams, 11.7 cm (95.4 grams total, 13 cm 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.
