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LOT 1600
Late Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bronze Mount with Dragon Heads
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (61 grams, 90 mm).
With engraved foliate decoration, two pairs of stylised beast heads to the sides, a central hole for attachment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceBelieved to have been found in the UK.
Acquired from C & T Auctioneers, Ashord, Kent, UK.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
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LOT 1600
Late Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bronze Mount with Dragon Heads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Circa 11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With central raised cell and cloisonné enamel quatrefoil, flange rim. 3.72 grams, 22 mm
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Entwined Serpent Mount
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
With openwork design of two serpents interlaced, each with billeted body and lentoid eyes, ropework border to the shorter sides; old collector's accession numbers to the underside '91.115' and '15871'. 10.9 grams, 46 mm
UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. Ex property of an English gentleman.
The decorative pattern of this mount is similar to what, according to S. West, is an Anglo-Saxon die found in Suffolk, where legless animal forms are represented lying head to tail, with beaded bodies within a beaded border. Also here the animals are showing interlaced jaws and headed bodies, all contained in a border. -
Anglo-Saxon Gold Chip-Carved Bronze Saucer Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With central bosses within a pelletted ring, plain band with stamped roundels, billetted outer band and flared rim; pin-lug, pin and catch to the reverse. 7.01 grams, 26 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
