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LOT 1808
Anglo-Saxon Lead Beast Facing Back Brooch
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.3 grams, 27 mm).
Discoid brooch with bilinear frame and a low-relief motif of a beast facing back; catchplate and remains of pin lugs and base of loop for a swag of beads to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near North Kelsey, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, no.3.26 for type; MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 4.67 for lead-alloy brooches.
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Anglo-Saxon Lead Beast Facing Back Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Discoid brooch with bilinear frame and a low-relief motif of a beast facing back; catchplate and remains of pin lugs and base of loop for a swag of beads to the reverse. 10.3 grams, 27 mm
Found near North Kelsey, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Gilt Bronze Rectangular Jewelled Brooch
11th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £40
Rectangular in plan with incurved edges; the border a series of graduated lobes, the larger ones each with a cell to accept a gemstone, with some still present; central panel with a D-shaped cell to each inner edge to accept enamel; lugs and catch to reverse. 21 grams, 38.8 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. -
Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
Late 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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.
The florid cruciform brooch presents a headplate as a rectangle above the bow, with wings visible to either side. The top and side-knobs show stylised human faces with prominent eyes. The decoration is in style 1. The finial also has the prominent eyes found on the headplate surrounds, with the nose formed by an extension of the footplate and curly moustaches forming at the same time as the part of the flanking animals.
