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LOT 1330
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Square-Headed Long Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (75 grams, 86 mm high including stand).
Decorative dimples and annulets over the body; pin lug and catchplate to reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand and accompanied by descriptive text reading: 'Anglo-Saxon Small Long brooch Square headed type...Found Icklingham, Sfk [Suffolk] Leeds# square-headed (panelled) type as classified in Arch: XCI, 1945. Cf. Fig. 20 a, and others there for the decoration and foot shape.' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Icklingham, Suffolk, UK.
From the Hattatt collection, 1985.
Ex Astarte collection with reference no.00/561/09.
Published in Hattatt 1985, IARB, no.668.
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Saxon Gilt Cruciform Pyramid Mount
7th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Displaying incised scroll decoration to the arms and pyramidal faces; four attachment lugs to the reverse. 7.1 grams, 21 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2016. Ex property of an American collector. -
'The Oving' Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Comprising a rectangular headplate with two panels of chip-carved Style I ornament, flanking a beast-head with triangular muzzle and two pellet eyes, raised three-sided frame and outer band of pellets above beast-heads with lentoid eyes; the shallow bow with raised median rib, flanges to the edges and punched pellet detailing; footplate with beast-head between curved pellet lines, pierced horse-head lappets, lozengiform central panel with knot of Style I limbs; two lateral discs, one pierced to accept a stud and the other with a domed stud in place; the finial a disc with human mask inverted; pin-lug and part of catch to the reverse. 75 grams, 13.4 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Oving, near Chichester, West Sussex, UK, in 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no. 200279.
The various elements of the brooch find similar counterparts on others in the series, such as the form of the bow which corresponds to those on brooches from Herpes (Pas-de-Calais, France) and Sarre (Kent) (Hines's plates 10, 11) and the outer band of masks on the headplate which can be found on a brooch from Tuddenham (Hines's plate 15). -
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch Pair
5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Each with an upturned rim and concentric bands of pellets and segmented circles; pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 50 grams total, 41-42 mm
Found near Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, in 1992. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.203367.
A stunning and rare matched pair with heavy gold chip-carved mercury gilding.
