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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Great Square-Headed Brooch with Garnet Anglo-Saxon Gilt Great Square-Headed Brooch with Garnet Anglo-Saxon Gilt Great Square-Headed Brooch with Garnet
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LOT 0410

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Great Square-Headed Brooch with Garnet

6TH CENTURY A.D.

4 3/8 in. (5 1/8 in.) (74 grams, 11 cm (126 grams total, 13 cm high including stand)).

Comprising: trapezoidal headplate with beast-head spurs to the upper angles and concentric panels of Style I ornament with flanking billets; shallow bow with central cell and garnet cloison insert; short footplate with lateral lappets featuring profile masks and central lozenge; facing mask above a trapezoidal bar finial; pin-lugs and catch to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

with ArtAncient Ltd.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12440-226863.

Literature

Cf. Hines, J., A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, London, 1997, items 11(a) Linton Heath for headplate, 17(b) Rothley, for foot.

Footnotes

The meaning of the 'facing mask' motif on the footplate is probably related to the profile masks frequently used in Style I art, where the 'pellet' eye is enclosed by an arched frame: the 'facing mask' repeats this motif to produce a pair of eyes in a doubled 'bow'. An element of visual 'riddling' is no doubt present: the design is neither one thing nor the other, but includes elements of both.
Distribution of great square-headed brooches was initially concentrated along the valleys of the Rivers Trent, Thames and Severn, though it was later confined to the East Midlands and East Anglia (Hines, 1997, figs. 101, 102).

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LOT 0410

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Great Square-Headed Brooch with Garnet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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