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LOT 2156
Saxon Silver-Gilt Dress Fastener
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.02 grams, 18 mm).
Comprising a disc with raised rim enclosing a panel with granulated surface and two piercings; hooked shank with a single granule to the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion.
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LOT 2156
Saxon Silver-Gilt Dress Fastener
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Chip-Carved S-Shaped Brooch
6th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £85
With scrolled ends and deep chip-carved median band, conical socket in the crook of each bow; hooked catch and pierced lug to reverse with remains of ferrous pin. 4.13 grams, 23 mm
Found Lancing, between Worthing and Brighton, West Sussex, UK, circa 2006. From the private collection of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
The S-fibula is a very popular type of small garment fastener found in Frankish areas of Continental Europe and beyond. In England, its distribution is largely confined to Kent and the south coast, but with outliers as far north as Co.Durham. The present piece is a very restrained design, beautifully executed and preserved by its high-quality gilding. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Long Brooch
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cruciform headplate and a deep bow with a flaring foot; a marriage. 17.1 grams, 68 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Zoomorphic Terminal
Circa 800-1100 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Formed as a tapering stylised animal head pointing down with a short, blunt snout with wide nostrils and bulging eyes, a shallow concave depression behind the eyes with two further smaller depressions on the neck; the reverse with an evenly stamped hexagonal decoration. 1.97 grams, 26 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-947019.
