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LOT 1329
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Brooch with Garnets
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.83 grams, 29 mm).
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.
ProvenanceCollection 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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 59.4, for type.
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LOT 1329
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Brooch with Garnets
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £278
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From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
