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LOT 1715
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Head with Animals
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.38 grams, 37 mm).
Comprising a flat discoid head and narrow round-section shank; the head with low-relief cruciform design, zoomorphic scroll in each spandrel and central piercing to accept a stud. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 184.
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LOT 1715
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Head with Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Formerly from a collection of a Kent, UK, collector established from the 1990s. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Strap End with Beast Loop Finial
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two flat-section panels with rivet holes, openwork finial formed of two opposing beast with gaping jaws set perpendicularly. 8.85 grams, 39 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. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Button Brooch
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Gilt disc brooch of Avent & Evison's Class Iii with carinated inner border and three radiating arms forming a mask; pin-lug and catch to the reverse 1.86 grams, 16 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The heavy stylisation of the design has converted the helmet's brow-band and nasal into a simpler form, almost geometric in execution. It is paralleled by two unclassified types in Avent & Evison, numbered 19.1, 19.2,
