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LOT 1266
Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Roundel
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (9.24 grams, 28.45 mm).
Roundel with central disc and surrounding band of three-strand guilloche; possibly the 'button' from a shield-boss.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
Cf. Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, item 11.02, for type.
FootnotesThe item is described on the museum's accompanying slip as a 'disk brooch' but it lacks any sign of having had a catch or pin-lug attached.
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LOT 1266
Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Roundel
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Roundel
6th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Roundel with central disc and surrounding band of three-strand guilloche; possibly the 'button' from a shield-boss. 9.24 grams, 28.45 mm
Found Norfolk, Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
The item is described on the museum's accompanying slip as a 'disk brooch' but it lacks any sign of having had a catch or pin-lug attached. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Bronze Disc Brooch
8th-early 9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Plate brooch with raised rim and four applied knops (two absent); central disc surrounding by four radiating arms extending to D-shaped panels at the rim where the knops are attached; the interstitial fields with dense reserved meander-pattern ornament; pierced at the centre with a second eccentrically-placed hole and another offset hole at the end of one of the 'arms'; part of the rim absent; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 7.73 grams, 29.2 mm (29.19 grams total, 68 mm including stand)
Found Harston, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex Essex collection formed in the 1980s. From the collection of Dirk Kennis, Belgium.
The 'key pattern' design appears in Irish and Scottish (Pictish) metalwork and carved stone such as the Nigg Stone (Ross Shire, Scotland) as well as in the borders of the Book of Kells. Recorded, studied, and determined by the Secretary of State’s Expert Adviser as an object of cultural interest. The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) considered an application to export this object. The Committee concluded that the object satisfied the third Waverley criterion and is therefore currently not exportable. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Stud with Profile Head
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Discoid plate with rivet to the rear, chip-carved Style I head motif in profile. 2.8 grams, 13 mm
Ex David Winter collection, Kent, UK. Acquired on the UK art market in 2012. Property of a Kent lady collector.
