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LOT 1698
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Interlace
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.23 grams, 20 mm).
Tongue-shaped plaque with stud to reverse, three-band interlace motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, 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.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With three radiating lugs to the headplate and equine foot with flared nostrils. 23 grams, 80 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch with Horse-Head Terminal
Later 5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
A bronze cruciform brooch of early type comprising: square headplate with rectangular wings and three knops modelled in the round, shallow bow with ribbed median panel, lappets to the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and nostrils, pin-lug and catch to the reverse, old collector's label '15233'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 27.2 grams, 76 mm (54.8 grams total, 92 mm 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 Artefact Group
6th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a small-long brooch with deep bow and square headplate with incised saltire; a strap-junction of two rings joined by a D-section arm, with radiating lugs; a cruciform brooch with bow-tie head plate and three radiating D-shaped plaques, short bow, footplate with lateral lappets and horse-head finial with scrolled nostrils, pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. 103 grams total, 3.7-15.5 cm
Found UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
