Antiquities - Saxon & Viking
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799 ANGLO-SAXON GILT-BRONZE ENAMELLED PANEL 6th century AD
799
WRIST
CLASP
WITH
A cast wrist clasp of Hines's 'Barrington Type' with double-ridged coils to the outer edges of the plaque, spigots to the rear; hooked plate to the underside and rectangular enamel-filled panel at the forward edge. Cf. Hines, J. Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, fig.129, p.68. 7.46 grams, 36 mm (1 ¼"). Fine condition. Rare. £120 - 180 EUR 140 - 210 USD 180 - 270 Found Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK, in 1981.
800 ANGLO-SAXON GILT-BRONZE WRIST CLASP 6th century AD 800
A cast wrist-clasp section with Style I ornament, median panel with face, two attachment holes close to the rear edge. 7.11 grams, 40 mm (1 ½"). Fine condition, loop absent. £120 - 180 EUR 140 - 210 USD 180 - 270 Found Sleighford, Lincolnshire, UK, in the mid 1990s.
801 ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE RAVEN-HEAD TERMINAL 6th-7th century AD 801
A cast flat-section mount in the form of a Style I profile head with raven-head extension, ring-and-dot eye and bilinear beak detail. 3.12 grams, 24 mm (1"). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £120 - 180 EUR 140 - 210 USD 180 - 270 Found near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK in 1978.
802 VIKING DECORATED BRONZE SWORD-HANGER SUITE 9th-11th century AD
802
A cast disc with central boss, band of pellet decoration and notches to the outer edge, three elliptical slots each with a loop, flared in plan with raised scaphoid panel, punched-point border and tremellopattern edge, securing rivets. 38 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). Extremely fine condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 EUR 240 - 360 USD 310 - 460 Property of an Essex Gentleman.
803 MEROVINGIAN GILT-BRONZE SCABBARD FITTING WITH GARNET 6th century AD 803
A cast 'propeller' mount with domed central section ornamented with radiating billetted lines and central cloison garnet; to the reverse an old accession label number 91.432. 9.60 grams, 35 mm (1 ¼"). Very fine condition. £150 - 250 EUR 180 - 300 USD 230 - 380 From an important Mayfair, London collection; acquired 1991, inventory no.91.432.
804 ANGLO-SAXON GILT-BRONZE PIN HEAD WITH PENDANT LOOP 6th-8th century AD
804
A flat-section cruciform dress-pin finial composed from four lobes, each with a stepped linear design; pierced centrally and to the lower lobe, a suspension loop added subsequently to convert it to a pendant. 6.21 grams, 42 mm (1 ½"). Fine condition, worn. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 EUR 240 - 360 USD 310 - 460 Found Corby, Nottinghamshire, UK in 1998.
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