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LOT 1713
Anglo-Saxon Silvered Bronze Sword Scabbard Pyramid Mount
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (22.1 grams total, 30 mm high including stand).
Each of the four faces displaying three punched triangles arranged in pyramid configuration, with reserved chevron between; recess to top with inset garnet (chipped); hollow reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand with banded agate fusiform bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the late Alison Barker collection, 1970-1990.
LiteratureSee Mortimer, P., Woden's Warriors, Ely, 2011, p.115-7.
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LOT 1713
Anglo-Saxon Silvered Bronze Sword Scabbard Pyramid Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Saxon Monumental Cross Shaft Fragment
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Dressed block with carved ornament to two faces: Side A: within a lateral frame, high-relief ring-chain section in three-strand format; Side B: three-strand arch intersecting with a four-strand segment and adjacent raised panel, possibly a section of a wing; repaired. 4.8 kg, 18.5 cm
Private collection, England. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Radiate-Headed Brooch
Later 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With oval headplate with three knobs, the obverse decorated with curvilinear knotted ridged design, rounded bow; ferrous remains to the reverse. 4.84 grams, 30 mm
Found Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. From an old private collection of a Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-2A90CB. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Square-Headed Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Comprising a rectangular headplate with geometric panels and punched horseshoes to the border, thick ribbed bow, trefoil footplate with mask to the disc finial; reverse with catch and ferrous remains to the pin-lug. 19 grams, 65 mm.
Found UK. From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection. Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
