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LOT 1526
Saxon Bronze Strap End Group
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (22.1 grams, 21-38 mm).
Mainly zoomorphic in form, including examples with remains of niello and enamel inlay, together with a mount displaying a central roundel featuring a geometric motif in silver inlay. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
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Anglo-Saxon Tinned Bronze Bird Brooch
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Displayed in profile facing right; remains of tinning; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 5.9 grams, 29 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-9B6095. -
Anglo-Saxon Large Bronze Cruciform Bow Brooch
Late 5th-early 6th century A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £140
Of Martin's Type 3.2.4 (Holywell Row) featuring a trapezoidal headplate with lateral trapezoidal panels, domed knop above; deep bow with facetted ends, T-shaped footplate with lateral lappets, horse-head finial with discoid nostrils; complete ferrous pin and catchplate to the reverse, hollowed reverse to the horse-head. 71 grams, 13.5 cm
Acquired circa 1995. From an East Anglian private collection.
The Holywell Row type in Martin's analysis extends from the northern shore of the Thames Estuary as far as Yorkshire, but with a cluster in the Cambridge area. The edges of the headplate show the faintest traces of punched detailing, if this is not the result of the original clean-up when the brooch was taken from its mould; similar marks can be discerned on the footplate below the junction with the bow. The finial shows little zoomorphic detailing but the nostrils are characteristic of the type. The presence of the pin is remarkable. -
Saxon and Other Bronze Strap End Collection
Circa 8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising mainly Thomas's Class A Types 1, 2 and 5, many with silver inlay and niello; two tongue-shaped types. 54.6 grams total, 34-51 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Thomas' Class A is the classic ‘long’ 9th-century strap end with animal-head terminal, often depicted in the Trewhiddle style. During the 9th century, for the first time in the Anglo-Saxon period, we see the adoption of what may be termed a 'national' artistic style - the Trewhiddle style - which has been recognised on objects from Anglo-Saxon England, from as far as Cornwall and Talnotrie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.
