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LOT 1767
Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bronze Bowl Mount
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.33 grams, 19 mm).
Discoid with reserved enamelled knot on a textured field, pierced for attachment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Late Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Sub-triangular in plan with waisted profile, openwork centre with coiled tendrils, knop finial; plate to rear with attachment studs. 28 grams, 63 mm
Found UK, January 1991. From the collection of a gentleman from the South West of England, his collection established from the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With trapezoidal headplate, shallow bow, narrow triangular foot and disc finial, pin-lugs in ferrous accretion and catch to the reverse; the headplate with angled scaphoid panels to the upper corners and band of billets enclosing a band of guilloche with Salin's Style I facing mask at the end of the bow; broad ribbed bow; lappets of Salin's Style I profile horse-heads flanking the junction of the bow with the footplate with small facing mask between the necks; vertical bar running to the finial, bisecting a cruciform panel with Salin's Style I zoomorphic forms; lateral plain lobes; finial comprising a disc connected to the vertical rib. 75 grams, 15 cm
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12780-239463. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This magnificent brooch finds parallels with specimens derived from the group XVI-XVIII, according to Hines classification, from Market Overton II and Beckford A11. They represent, according to Hines, a transitional stage in the introduction of relief ornament into the headplate frame of brooches associated with group XVI. -
Saxon Iron Knife with Wooden Handle
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Single-edged blade with drooping point, whittle-tang hilt with original wood adhering. 22.9 grams, 17.2 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
