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LOT 1785
Late Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.47 grams, 30 mm).
With curved profile, openwork design in Winchester Style, attachment lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
FootnotesThe decoration shows influence from Scandinavian Ringerike Style.
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LOT 1785
Late Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Gilt Bronze Rectangular Jewelled Brooch
11th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Rectangular in plan with incurved edges; the border a series of graduated lobes, the larger ones each with a cell to accept a gemstone, with some still present; central panel with a D-shaped cell to each inner edge to accept enamel; lugs and catch to reverse. 21 grams, 38.8 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. -
Large Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch
Late 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £320
Discoid in plan with raised rim and inner ridge decorated with notches, six radiating arms with notch detailing and interstitial chevrons; central knop rivetted from reverse; remains of catch to reverse. 20.4 grams, 37 mm
Found Seaham, Co Durham, UK. Property of a Durham private collector.
The saucer brooch was one of the commonest types of brooches used by Anglo-Saxon women, usually occurring in matched pairs on the chest. This typology extends in time from the 5th to the late 6th century, especially diffused south of the Humber and East of the Severn, with a concentration in the south Midlands and Upper Thames Valley. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze and Lead Artefact Collection
Circa late 5th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a pin with a ring-and-dot decorated finial; two brooch pin fragments; four pin finials with ring-and-dot decoration; a beast-head strap end; a large section of a trefoil-headed brooch; a lead pendant with cross motifs; a pin head with a quatrefoil. 47.7 grams total, 9-56 mm
Found Norfolk, Lincolshire and Yorkshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
