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LOT 1442
Merovingian Bronze Eagle Brooch
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (4.5 grams, 33 mm).
Bird in profile facing right with highly stylised ribbed chevron detailing; remains of pin-lug and catchplate to reverse.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
LiteratureCf. Beck, H. et al., Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, fig.156 (4,5).
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Merovingian Bronze Eagle Brooch
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bird in profile facing right with highly stylised ribbed chevron detailing; remains of pin-lug and catchplate to reverse. 4.5 grams, 33 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection. -
Alemannic Silver-Gilt S-Shaped Bird Brooch
Late 6th-early 7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With raised borders and median band, all decorated with triangular punchmarks and niello fill; gilt chip-carved band detailing; discoid cell at each end with garnet cloison 'eye' (one absent); pin-lug and catch to the reverse. 3.88 grams, 31 mm
Acquired early 1990s. From an East Anglian private collection.
A classic development of the S-fibula with bird-head detailing. -
Frankish Bronze Buckle with Face and Globular Rivets
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
The roughly D-shaped body engraved with a three-armed geometric motif, a dome between each arm, the articulate tongue with headplate engraved with a stylised hooded face or ithyphallic motif(?), oval buckle engraved with clusters of vertical lines; three pierced attachment lugs to reverse. 105 grams total, 12 x 10 cm
with Paris Hôtel Drouot, 12 July 2005, lot 152. Private collection, Europe.
