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LOT 1843
Han Style Bronze Mount Pair
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 - 4 1/2 in. (430 grams total, 11.2-11.4 cm).
Group of two mounts, each a rectangular tongue and stylised grotesque mask with pellet eyes. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information card.
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Post Medieval Bronze Livery and Other Button Collection
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Mixed Pendant Group
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Gold Engraved Touchpiece
17th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Barrel-shaped with two impressed flat faces, one with a later engraving of a guilloche border and looped tendrils framing reserved initials 'PO P[R]' above and lower 'NU [.]M'; possibly a touchpiece or love token. 5.53 grams, 17 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the article 'A Roman or Anglo-Saxon Fertility Amulet?' published in Treasure Hunting Magazine.
The design is reserved and very faint; the outer guilloche is quite convincing but the details of the design are hard to determine, and may always have been quite indistinct. The impression is of a 17th century love token with the initials of the couple. The finder's article implies an Anglo-Saxon date, probably on the strength of the guilloche which was often use on early Saxon metalwork - but it is a long-lived motif and not specific to that one period.
