Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Saucer Brooch Pair

6TH-7TH CENTURY AD

1 3/4" (56 grams total, 47 mm each).

A matched pair of cast saucer brooches, each with a deep flange, chamfered inner ridge with punched s-shaped motifs, a band of Style I decoration surrounding a central boss; to the reverse of each, a catchplate and pin-lugs with block of ferrous accretion. [2]

Provenance

Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman; found Saxmundham, Norfolk, UK in 1971 with the bead group, Lot no. 1113.

Literature

Cf. pair of saucer brooches from Berinsfield in MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), item 2.43.

CONDITION

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LOT 1008

Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Saucer Brooch Pair

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,235

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