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LOT 1724
Anglo-Saxon Glass and Amber Necklace Bead Group.
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 7/8 in. (32 grams total, 5-23 mm).
Including oblate, melon, annular and other types. [56]
ProvenanceFound Seaham, Co Durham, UK.
Property of a Durham private collector.
See Brugmann, B., Glass Beads from Early Anglo-Saxon Graves, Oxford, 2004.
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Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
Late 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With highly decorative openwork border of Style I ornament to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel with incised rosette; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile bird-heads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets; transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse. 52 grams, 12.3 cm
Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Long Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Headplate with three radiating crescent lugs. punched detailing; deep bow and narrow footplate; catch and remains of ferrous pin to reverse; repaired from parts. 16.4 grams, 67.5 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including a disc brooch with pelletted rim, belt mount with inlaid detailing and other items. 44.5 grams total, 22-49 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.
