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LOT 0314
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Face of a Warrior
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.39 grams, 17.09 mm).
With raised border and chip-carved warrior mask motif; remains of pin-lug and catch to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
See Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982.
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LOT 0314
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch with Face of a Warrior
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £200
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Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Long Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Featuring a cruciform headplate, a deep bow and a slender footplate; a marriage. 12.8 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
6th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a square headplate with three (one absent) radiating flanges, each with pointillé detailing to the outer edge; shallow bow with chamfered end; rectangular footplate with panel of transverse ribbing; pin-lug and catch to reverse, remains of ferrous pin. 6.39 grams, 64 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
