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LOT 1778
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust
9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (8.2 grams, 28 mm).
With dentilled rim and profile bust with cross in imitation of a coin design.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Abramson, T., Sceattas. An Illustrated Guide, King's Lynn, 2006, p.63 (Vanimundus Series Va type 55, silver variety VaB); Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.2-e.
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LOT 1778
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Brooch with Bust
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising a rectangular headplate flanked by rectangular panes, each with an integral domed boss; deep carinated bow with ribbing at each end; pelta-shaped foot with flange pierced in two places (for attachment of bead swags); pin-lug in ferrous accretion and catch to reverse. 14 grams, 55 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The brooch is unusual in having a fully-developed cruciform headplate and bow, but a simple flanged foot rather than the normal horse-head style. It is paralleled in West's corpus in fig.153 (1) where a similar melding of cruciform and small-long elements is found. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Collection
6th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including: ansate brooch, wrist clasp, hooked tags, pyramid mount and other items, some with gilding. 41 grams total, 15-43 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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.
