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LOT 0348
'The Middle Aston' Large Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch with Bird Motif and Composite Boss
LATE 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (36 grams, 59 mm).
With a deep flange, chamfered inner ridge and eye-shaped motifs, second chamfered edge with a wide inner band of Style I bird motif decoration surrounding a central rivetted boss, catchplate and pin-lug to verso; signs of an academically interesting ancient rivetted repair to the outer flange; rare.
Provenance
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Middle Aston, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, UK, on Wednesday 1st May 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.OXON-B4DF83.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Hammond, Brett, British Artefacts Volume 1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, 2009, p.55, fig,1.1.6.6-h & i; cf. pair of saucer brooches from Berinsfield in MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), item 2.43; and Dickinson, T., Early Saxon Saucer Brooches: A Preliminary Overview' Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, 1993, 6 pp.11-44.
Footnotes
Saucer brooches are a female Saxon fashion, contemporary with the Anglian penannular and cruciform types, normally worn at the shoulders to secure a tubular dress.
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LOT 0348
'The Middle Aston' Large Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Saucer Brooch with Bird Motif and Composite Boss
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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