Loading, please wait...
LOT 1622
Anglo-Saxon Greyware Pottery Fragment Collection
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (682 grams total, 33-90 mm).
Mixed group of pottery shards including Ipswich Ware and other types. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
CONDITIONTimeLine 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.
-
Saxon Gold Pendant and Necklace Bead Group
Circa 6th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £234
Mixed group including gold-in-glass, melon, oblate, tabular and other types; gold disc pendant with punched pellets to the loop and flan. 66 grams total, 6-29 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon Decorated Grey-Ware Urn
Circa 6th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Squat vessel with rounded underside, gusseted neck and carinated mouth with inner lip; stamped frond decoration to the shoulder and body, arched stamp pattern between; underside with impressed ropework spiral pattern. 497 grams, 14 cm wide
Ex English private collection, formed in the 1960s. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.245 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag. -
'The Driffield' Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bowl Mount
Circa 500-700 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
With a slightly domed profile and a raised circumferential border to the upper face; decorated with Celtic designs featuring elaborate curvilinear tendrils and triskele-style swirls enclosing an area of fine-line trumpet spiral designs, set around a central rectangular panel filled with millefiori-style enamel work in the form of an irregular chequerboard of blue and yellow enamel, the circular recesses retaining red enamel traces; two parallel rivets to the reverse. 23.4 grams, 51 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, in 2018. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-73B821. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12075-124454.
