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LOT 1709
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Decorated Strap Junction
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (12.2 grams, 29 mm).
Two-hoops type with lateral attachment bars, pointillé detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Cf. Hammond, B., Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Witham, 2014, item I15-0315.
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Late Iron Age Enamelled Bronze Brooch Set
Circa 3rd-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,275
An Eastern European necklace and pendant set comprising: two trapezoidal openwork plaques with loops to the rear with red and white enamelled panels and bar with rings; two rectangular openwork plaques with red enamel geometric detailing, lateral square-section bells; C-shaped openwork collar with red enamel panel supporting a crescentic plaque with white enamelled discoid centre and transverse bar, two pendant discoid plaques with lateral lugs and openwork red-enamelled pendant discs with T-shaped radiating lugs; set in a custom-made velvet-backed display frame. 4.3 kg, 74 x 38 cm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. From an old German, Munich, collection. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12057-214201. -
Romano-Celtic Bronze Warrior Rider
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Modelled in the round as a horseman with legs spread, shoulder-length hair, texture to the hair; right hand extended upwards; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 30.6 grams total, 65 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze 'Horn Cap'
2nd century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Sceptre head or other fitting with biconvex flange, domed finial. 46.7 grams, 34 mm
Found UK. From the collection of a Yorkshire gentleman. Property of a private collector, West London, UK.
Twenty or so 'horn caps' are known in museums and private collections, all have been found in Britain and mostly in Southern England. Their exact function is unclear; early suggestions that they are axle fittings for chariots no longer holds weight. The shaft hole is too small and they do not appear in grave contexts containing chariots. A more likely hypothesis is that they were ceremonial, possibly a staff head or chair or saddle finial.
