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LOT 1471
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Zoomorphic Strap End
CIRCA 9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (4.5 grams, 36 mm).
Thomas Class A Type 1, broadly rectangular in plan with tapering arms; the decorative scheme is divided into three: the snout with pronounced ears; a central panel of Trewhiddle style interlaced beast with some remains of niello; the tail with two circular rivet holes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Berkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-28A953.
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Late Anglo-Saxon 'The Rodings' Bronze Disc Brooch with Regardant Beast
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Comprising a flat-section disc with reserved regardant beast within a pelletted border, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 9.7 grams, 30 mm
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Superb Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Of Hines's Group X with two discs on the headplate in a rectangular frame surrounded by a frieze of facing human masks, and another mask placed centrally above the junction with the bow; shallow bow with three ribs; curved horse-head lappets flanking a vertical shank with facing mask detailing, discoid lobes and an inverted mask below; pin-lugs to the reverse and solder-scar where the catchplate was attached. 128 grams, 14 cm
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The brooch has many of the characteristics of Hines's Group X but also bears a strong resemblance to an unclassified example from Barrington A, Cambridgeshire (Hines, 1997, pl.101). The frieze of facing masks which forms the border to the headplate has echoes of contemporary motifs found on the headplate of the brooch from Fridaythorpe (Hines, 1997, pl.8(b)) and the crests of helmets such as Valsgarde mounds 5 and 7 (Sweden) - see Mortimer, 2011, p.32-35). The inverted mask on the finial echoes the 7th century shield-fitting from Vall, Gotland (Franceschi et al, 2005, pl.209). The significance of the mask motifs has been discussed in the cited works of Franceschi et al and Mortimer. A link to generations of deified ancestors is one possibility. -
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8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a flat-section disc with reserved regardant beast within a pelletted border, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 8.2 grams, 29 mm
Acquired 1990s. From an East Anglian private collection.
