Loading, please wait...

Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge

Details

LOT 1201

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Beast Mount

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (3.88 grams, 16 mm).

A square-shaped gilt copper-alloy chip-carved mount with mounting lugs to reverse; gilt beast with three-strand body; secondary holes to accept mounting rivets, one still in place. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, pl.52 (11) Icklingham.

Footnotes

The small integral fixing pins on the reverse were removed when the mount had to be re-used; two holes were drilled through the image just inside the frame.

CONDITION

VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 1201

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Beast Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

Print page

RELATED LOTS

  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Beast Mount
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Beast Mount
    Circa 6th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

    A square-shaped gilt copper-alloy chip-carved mount with mounting lugs to reverse; gilt beast with three-strand body; secondary holes to accept mounting rivets, one still in place. 3.88 grams, 16 mm



    Found UK. Acquired in the 1990s. From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

    The small integral fixing pins on the reverse were removed when the mount had to be re-used; two holes were drilled through the image just inside the frame.

    Lot Details

  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Small Square-Headed Brooch
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Small Square-Headed Brooch
    Circa 6th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

    A gilt-bronze small square-headed brooch with shallow bow and punched crescent detailing, pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 8.24 grams, 42 mm



    Found Cambridgeshire, UK.

    Lot Details

  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Pin Head with Floral Cross
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Pin Head with Floral Cross
    Circa 9th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500

    A large gilt copper-alloy pin head of discoid form, displaying a central knop and stylised chip-carved flower head cross with scrolling volutes to the head of each of four petals and tendrils between; perforated lug to the apex; later secondary piercing beside the rim and ferrous rivet. 9.41 grams, 46 mm



    Found UK. Acquired in the 1990s. From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

    The item began as one of a set of pin-heads for the headdress of a high-status female. Subsequently the edge was pierced in two places and a rivet passed through one hole - if the other hole also accepted a rivet it has been lost. The floral decoration terminates in narrow triangular vine-leaf motifs which appear elsewhere in Trewhiddle Style art.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list