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LOT 0304
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Complex Animal Harness Mount
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (7.86 grams, 21.9 mm).
Rectangular with raised border enclosing a low-relief design of entwined stylised animals; four bosses to the obverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
For design, see Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, plate 17 and 51, for design.
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LOT 0304
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Complex Animal Harness Mount
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Large Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze 'Eleven Running Spirals' Saucer Brooch
6th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Large discoid brooch with deep flange rim, tondo comprising a carinated outer panel with stamped pellet-in-triangle ornament, band of eleven running spirals inner carinated band and central voss; reverse with pin-lug and ferrous remains of the pin, hooked catch; incised concentric rings. 60.4 grams, 54 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire, UK, on 19 July 2020.
It is rare to find a saucer brooch with eleven spirals in the tondo rather than the more usual five or seven, although the Brighthampton example in MacGregor and Bolick (p.42) provides a parallel. The present piece is in many respects similar to the Brighthampton examples, although it has an additional punched band inside the flange rim. The incised rings on the reverse would not normally have been seen in use, and may have been used by the maker to place the catch and lug symmetrically. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Die with Dove and Cross
7th-8th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Square-section shank with clubbed upper face; incuse motif of a perching bird supporting a cross, possibly St John the Evangelist. 23 grams, 35 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Complex Animal Harness Mount
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rectangular with raised border enclosing a low-relief design of entwined stylised animals; four bosses to the obverse. 7.86 grams, 21.9 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
