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LOT 1644
Iron Age Celtic 'Published' Bronze Clothes Toggle Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (65 grams total, 26-39 mm).
Including a hemispherical bulb and triangular loop, ring with knop, and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, item 10.11, 10.3, and others.
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LOT 1644
Iron Age Celtic 'Published' Bronze Clothes Toggle Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Iron Age Celtic Bronze Idol
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Modelled standing nude with exaggerated discoid face, hands on the hips; arms partly absent. 7.19 grams, 32 mm
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 Horse Head Finial
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Amuletic stylised horse-head with ring-and-dot eyes, long tapering muzzle; loop broken. 9.5 grams, 31 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Iron Age Iberian Bronze Cult Male Figure
2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Standing male figure with conical cap, exaggerated eyes, curved arms held before the chest, tab below the feet for mounting; supplied with a custom-made wooden stand. 92 grams total, 11.8 cm including stand
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.