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LOT 2083
Celtic to Medieval Silver Fragment Group
CIRCA 1ST-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/2 in. (23.5 grams total, 12-37 mm).
Comprising open-work pendants, mounts with filigree decoration, triangular and irregular flat-section fragments with punched dot decoration, and others. [14]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2083
Celtic to Medieval Silver Fragment Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Celtic Bronze Hair Ring
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a rectangular plate with median carination, thick loop to reverse. 9.32 grams, 19.04 mm overall, 11.76 mm internal diameter
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Iron Age Bronze Helmet Ornament in the Form of a Bull's Horn
Celtic, 4th-1st century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Decorative attachment in the form of a bull’s horn, curving and ending in a spherical knob with a notched underside; a torus collar at the horn's lower end, with a square cross-section below it; a conical disc at the base with three perforations for attachment; mounted on a custom-made stand. 161 grams total, 22.5 cm including stand
Ex private South German collection, 1970s. with Hermann Historica, Auction 66, 6 May 2013, no.2363. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13523-263141.
Numerous examples of Celtic helmets adorned with horns are known. Amongst these, there are several parallels for the specific shape of the bull’s horn presented here. An interpretation as a helmet ornament therefore appears plausible, especially in view of the size of our object. -
Large Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
Celtic, 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
S-shaped with scrolled flourishes to the dragon-head terminals, remains of red enamelling to the stylised heads and body, eight rectangular cells to the body; free-running tongue with head coiled around the neck of one of the heads. 16.55 grams, 59 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
