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LOT 1738
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Button Brooch
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (2.34 grams, 17 mm).
Of Avent's Class A(ii) with flange to the rim, inner collar, central helmetted mask with scaphoid mouth; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [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.
Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, p.79, for similar.
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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 Bronze Artefact Group
6th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including a disc brooch with pelletted rim, belt mount with inlaid detailing and other items. 44.5 grams total, 22-49 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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.
