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LOT 1346
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Stylised Beast Facing Back
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.64 grams, 22.32 mm overall, 18.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Discoid bezel with three incuse pellets and zoomorphic details, regardant beast with open mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1346
Merovingian Bronze Ring with Stylised Beast Facing Back
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Frankish Bronze Beast Facing Back Plate Brooch
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Formed as a hippocampus with s-shaped body, central band of chip-carved zigzags, triangular ear and chevron mouth, crescentic leg beneath the body; three dots to the head; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 5.59 grams, 25.75 mm
Found Brisly, Norfolk, UK. -
Merovingian Period Twisted Silver Bracelet
7th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Formed with a decoratively twisted square-section bar tapering to round-section arms, one terminating with loop and granule, the other a conical knop. 9.8 grams, 77 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex property of a London collector. -
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Brooch with Garnets
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £890
The edges slightly bowed, raised rim enclosing an S-scroll motif in each angle, four rectangular cells each with a replaced inset garnet cloison, central low-relief rosette motif; pin-lug and catch to the reverse, with old collector's reference 'MS232'; some restoration. 9.83 grams, 29 mm
Fine condition, some restoration.
Collection of Dr. Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke (1928-2017), author of ‘Schmuck Aus Drei Jahrtausenden’ and who became the director of the Museum of Klingenmuseum in Solingen, Germany, in 1968; the collection was formed in the early 1960s. From an important private Dutch collection. Accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.169958/07/12/2020. This lot has also been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.10457-169958.
