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LOT 1696
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (8.9 grams, 34 mm).
Trefoil-shaped lug with large pellet eyes and scrolled beard flanked by two Style I avian heads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
With trapezoidal headplate and lateral wings, domed stud above, deep bow and equine finial with discoid nostrils. 70 grams, 12.8 cm
Found Lincolnshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Of Type West Stow Heath comprising: square headplate with punched horseshoe motifs, lateral trapezoidal wings and three radiating knops modelled in the half-round, deep bow with chamfered ends, collars above the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and bulb nostrils, loop finial, pin-lug and catch to the reverse with old collector's label '92.225'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 54 grams, 11.7 cm (95.4 grams total, 13 cm including stand)
Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Nummular Brooch
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Disc brooch with pin-lug to the reverse and scar where the catch was soldered on, low-relief design of a profile bust inside a ring of ropework and pellets. 3.54 grams, 23 mm
Found near New Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.FAKL-DFD6D3.
The design of the brooch is based on the form of contemporary coins.