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LOT 1818
Anglo-Scandinavian Gilt Bronze Rectangular Jewelled Brooch
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (21 grams, 38.8 mm).
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.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. similar Brooch in Hammond, B., British Artefacts, Volume 3, Late Saxon, Late Viking and Norman, Witham, 2013, p.35, fig.1.1.2-a.
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LOT 1818
Anglo-Scandinavian Gilt Bronze Rectangular Jewelled Brooch
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£80 (EUR 93; USD 108) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon and Norman Bronze Artefact Group
6th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of items, including a pin finial, strap end, the head-plate from a brooch, and others. 124 grams total, 15-51 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Brooch Terminal with Moustached Face
Circa 500-550 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Finial from the headplate of a cruciform brooch with plano-convex mask and crescent below; attachment lug to reverse. 4.34 grams, 21 mm
Found near Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Late Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With curved profile, openwork design in Winchester Style, attachment lug to reverse. 6.47 grams, 30 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
The decoration shows influence from Scandinavian Ringerike Style.
