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LOT 1775
British Celtic Enamelled Bronze Trefoil Mount
IRON AGE, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.5 grams, 21 mm).
Formed as a trefoil with a central boss and stem to the reverse; each lobe with an eccentrically placed circular enamel-filled cell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thrapston, Northamptonshire, UK.
Recorded with UKDFD no.53268.
Cf. the openwork trefoil fittings with La Tène designs from Stanwick published in Smith, R.A., British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities 1925, reprinted Ipswich, 1994, p.138-42.
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LOT 1775
British Celtic Enamelled Bronze Trefoil Mount
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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'The Miller' Romano-Celtic Bronze Leaping Boar Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £2,250
Depicted in a dynamic pose with its front legs raised and the weight of the body borne on its hind legs, flared nostrils and large, round eyes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 165 grams total, 73 mm wide including stand
Found Hampshire, UK, in the 1980s. From the collection of the late David Miller of Hemel Hempstead, UK, and a Cambridge collection of the 2000s. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13378-258774.
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Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a slender round-section grinder with a loop handle. 4.06 grams, 37 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s. -
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Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £25
Comprising a scaphoid mortar with thick loop finial; separate grinder with hooked point and ring finial. 20.3 grams total, 60-61 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
