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LOT 1760
Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group
6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 2 in. (45 grams total, 23-50 mm).
Comprising: a stirrup mount; two fragments of footplate, each from a cruciform brooch; bronze fitting (from a harp?) with addorsed beast-heads. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Irish Early Christian Gilt-Bronze Drinking Horn Terminal
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Slender in form and gently curved, formed as the head and neck of a crane with narrow beak and inset glass eyes; baluster to the rear and multilinear curved bands. 11 grams, 43 mm
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Chip-Carved 'Salin's Style 1' Mount
6th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Rectangular in plan with raised border and central panel with slot; chip-carved Style I Tiermensch design; four studs and textile remains to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 20.7 grams, 30 mm (55 grams total, 93 mm high including stand)
From the private collection of the late David Miller, a distinguished Hertfordshire collector and numismatist, active during the 1990s. with ArtAncient Ltd, 2013. Private collection, London.
