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LOT 0287
Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (52 grams, 12.3 cm).
With highly decorative openwork border of Style I ornament to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel with incised rosette; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile bird-heads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets; transverse collar above a finial Style I human mask with complex beard below; pin-lugs and scar for catchplate to reverse.
ProvenanceFound Seaham, Co Durham, UK.
Property of a Durham private collector.
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, fig.1.1.4.1-l.
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LOT 0287
Large Anglo-Saxon Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including a disc brooch with pelletted rim, belt mount with inlaid detailing and other items. 44.5 grams total, 22-49 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch
480-570 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With deep flared rim, bilinear border to the tondo, band of Style I zoomorphic ornament and central concentric rings; in two pieces with pin-lug and catch to reverse. 20 grams total, 44.8-45.5 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Long Crompton, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-1CB11A. -
Anglo-Saxon Tinned Bronze Gusset Plate
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Gently curved plaque with median waist, five punched concentric roundels with punched triangles to the borders. 4.46 grams, 32 mm
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
The plate is not of the standard triangular form and appears to be broken at one end; the stamped ornament has parallels in 5th-6th century brooches and mounts.
