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LOT 1648

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Star Saucer Brooch with Composite Boss

LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (20 grams, 18 mm).

With a deep flange, chamfered inner ridge and wavy line, second chamfered edge with a high-relief five pointed star within a multiple stranded border surrounding a central rivetted boss, remains of catchplate and pin-lug to verso; rare with composite boss.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Middle Aston, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, UK, on Wednesday 8th August 2024.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.OXON-B9A7B7.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor & Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous), pp.46-7; and Dickinson, T., Early Saxon Saucer Brooches: A Preliminary Overview' Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, 1993, 6 pp.11-44; also see Hammond, A., Benet's Artefacts of England & the United Kingdom - Fourth Edition, 2021, pp.411-415, for type.

Footnotes

Saucer brooches are a female Saxon fashion, contemporary with the Anglian penannular and cruciform types, normally worn at the shoulders to secure a tubular dress.

CONDITION

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LOT 1648

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Star Saucer Brooch with Composite Boss

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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