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LOT 2157
Anglo-Saxon Tinned Bronze Equal Arm Brooch
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (11.5 grams, 46 mm).
Comprising a short D-section bow connecting two flat triangular-section plates, each with expanding shoulders and ribbed border; remains of pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2157
Anglo-Saxon Tinned Bronze Equal Arm Brooch
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hipped Pin with Engraved Head
Circa 8th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With a round-section tappering pin, ribbed collar and a globular head with applied pellets and engraved linear motif. 26.3 grams, 62 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Large Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Equal-Arm Brooch Half
Circa 7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Segmented deep bow with wide headplate, remains of attachment lug to the reverse. 14.4 grams, 39.6 mm wide
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings; raised central square panel with incised vegetal motive; 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; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate triangular with transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse; a marriage. 42 grams, 11.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
