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LOT 1500
Frankish Bronze Beast Facing Back Plate Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.59 grams, 25.75 mm).
Formed as a hippocampus with s-shaped body, central band of chip-carved zigzags, triangular ear and chevron mouth, crescentic leg beneath the body; three dots to the head; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Brisly, Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. example from Mill Hill, Kent, in Brugmann, B., The Role of Continental Artefact-Types in Sixth Century Kentish Chronology, in Hines, J. et al., The Pace of Change, Studies in Early Medieval Chronology, Oxford, 1999, fig.3.4, phase II; similar S-shaped fibulas from Marchélepot, France, in Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VIII.17.17.
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LOT 1500
Frankish Bronze Beast Facing Back Plate Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Merovingian Silver-Gilt Leg Whorl Brooch with Garnets
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Displaying a chip-carved motif of four bent animal legs, central garnet cloison, four lobes to the rim with a cabochon garnet; catch and pin-lugs to the reverse; central garnet replaced 8.3 grams, 37 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Brooch with Garnets
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £890
The edges slightly bowed, raised rim enclosing an S-scroll motif in each angle, four rectangular cells each with a replaced inset garnet cloison, central low-relief rosette motif; pin-lug and catch to the reverse, with old collector's reference 'MS232'; some restoration. 9.83 grams, 29 mm
Fine condition, some restoration.
Collection of Dr. Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke (1928-2017), author of ‘Schmuck Aus Drei Jahrtausenden’ and who became the director of the Museum of Klingenmuseum in Solingen, Germany, in 1968; the collection was formed in the early 1960s. From an important private Dutch collection. Accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.169958/07/12/2020. This lot has also been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.10457-169958. -
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Radiate Disc Brooch Pair
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Each with a central octofoil pattern and two pairs of opposed bird-headed ribbed arms to the rim, pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse; possibly later gilding. 11.02 grams total, 27-28 mm
Acquired before 1980. Ex property of a London collector.
