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Click here to subscribe10th-12th century AD. A bronze weight, square in plan with inlaid silver text to the upper face '??C?[.]'. See Weber, K. Byzantinische Münzgewichte: Materialkorpus für 1-Nomisma-Gewichte, Schwelm, 2009 for discussion. 27 grams, 23mm (1"). Ex Paul Munro Walker collection, Bournmouth, UK; acquired in the 1970s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
8th-9th century AD. A bronze ring with thin flat section hoop' round bezel engraved with a equal armed cross with hatched body and roundels beteween each arm. 1.50 grams, 21.28mm, 18.53mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 3/4, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 1/2, Japan 17) (7/8"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze ring with thin band; round bezel with mounted warriors facing each other. 1.97 grams, 21.05mm overall, 18.80mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 7/8, Europe 19, Japan 18) (7/8"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
6th-8th century AD. A bronze ring with round section hoop; flat oval bezel engraved with equal-armed cross with Omega to the base. 3.74 grams, 24.73mm overall, 18.74mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 7/8, Europe 19, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fine condition. A large wearable size.
6th-8th century AD. A bronze ring with round section hoop widening to the shoulder; flat oval bezel engraved with a Chi-Rho with two smaler equal armed crosses to the side. 12 grams, 25.80mm overall, 21.19mm internal diameter approximate ring size British X, USA 11 3/4, Europe 26.29, Japan 26 (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
8th-9th century AD. A bronze ring with thin band hoop widening slightly to the rim; oval bezel with equal-armed cross to the centre with larger cross to the outside with roundel ends to each arm. 2.67 grams, 23.53mm overall, 18.60mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 5/8, Europe 18 1/2, Japan 17) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-12th century AD. A bronze temple ring formed as a twisted curved shank with two bulbs and median square-section bulb with radiating spikes. Cf. Szmoniewski, B.S. Byzantium and the Slavs in the Light of Goldsmiths' Production in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010 for discussion. 31 grams, 58mm (1 1/8"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Fine condition.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze ring with D-section shank widening at the shoulder in the form of a plant; oval bezel engraved with geometric pattern set in a beaded border. 10 grams, 22.64mm overall, 20.36mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.99, Japan 23) (3/4"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Extremely fine condition.
Late Period, 664-332 BC. A pair of eye fittings from a sarcophagus or mummy mask with bronze eye lid and kohl trail; calcite inlay for the eye with brown stone inlay for the pupil. 45 grams total, 70mm (2 3/4"). Property of a collector living in West London; part of his family's collection; acquired in the late 1960s. [2] Fair condition.
5th-7th century AD. A group of gilt-bronze and silver belt fittings comprising: a rounded buckle with attached arching pin; a square mount with projecting nail fittings to the corner, circular setting to the middle set with a garnet; a silver-gilt fitting in the form of a bird head with curving beak, eye set with a garnet; a strap end set with four panels of garnets; a buckle pin with thick body, both ends set with garnets; four with inked old collection label 90.217.(2,3,5,9) to the reverse. 24 grams total, 14-41mm (1/2 - 1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market in 1990. [5] Fine condition.
Late 5th-6th century AD. A very large silvered bronze bow brooch with D-shaped headplate, deep C-section bow, long tongue-shaped footplate; pins for attachment of appliqués to the lateral edges of the headplate and both ends of the bow; pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse with longitudinal spine and remains of the ferrous pin. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item IX.6.9. 85 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Fine condition.
6th century AD. A bronze finger ring comprising a D-section hoop, flat sloping shoulders with pointillé detailing, tiered trumpet-shaped bezel with intaglio image of an advancing animal. 18 grams, 34mm overall, 19.39mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.73, Japan 20) (1 1/4"). Ex Paul Munro Walker collection, Bournmouth, UK; acquired in the 1970s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
6th century AD. A bronze brooch in the form of an eagle with lentoid panel to the chest with zig zag pattern and dots between; wing to the back and leg folded under body; square plate to the tail; pin and catchplate to underside. 24 grams, 49mm (2"). Ex Bernard C. Pickard collection, Hampshire, UK. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
6th century AD. A bronze mount of a long-necked bird with elliptical body and short tail; hollow to the underside, filled with cuprous corrosion products where it was attached to the rim of a hanging bowl; the creature's back with an elliptical panel of yellow enamel infill surrounded by a thin green enamelled outer border extending to the tail; the neck D-shaped in section and arched to form a hook, with the eyes and beak indicated on the upper face. Cf. the triangular mounts on a bowl from Ipswich in West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.69 and discussion in Bruce-Mitford, R. and Raven, S. The Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-Bowls with an Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia, Oxford, 2005. 7.04 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). Found Wiltshire, UK. The mount was used as one of a series of hooks by which the bowl was suspended. Hanging bowls formed part of the currency of prestige in 6th-7th century Britain; most of them appear to have been produced in British workshops and feature enamelling, a technique not often used by the Anglo-Saxons; they are mainly found in high-status Anglo-Saxon graves. It is likely that they formed part of tribute and dowry exchanges. Very fine condition. Rare.
6th-7th century AD. A bronze cruciform brooch of Anglian type comprising a square headplate with raised trapezoidal panel and three D-shaped lobes, deep bow with lateral recesses and central rectangular pad; footplate with lappets, each with scroll detailing, and transverse collar below; to the reverse, the pin-lugs and catchplate in place; the lobes each with a stylised human mask in Salin's Style I; crescent punchmarks to the edges of the footplate, lappets and lobes. Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), item 12.32. 83 grams, 91 mm (3 1/2"). Found East Anglia, UK. Fine condition; foot absent.
6th century AD. A bronze disc brooch with pelletted border, bilinear beaded knotwork design with pellets; pin-lugs to the reverse. See MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, chapter 4 for similar. 22 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Canadian lady; acquired 1970s-1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition; restored.
6th century AD. A rectangular flat-section bronze mount with Style I facing mask to the upper face, flanked by two profile masks, scrolls below, pierced attachment lugs to the reverse. 4.11 grams, 25mm (1"). Property of a Canadian lady; acquired 1970s-1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
8th century AD. A gilt-bronze disc mount with central hole, raised pelletted border and cross enclosing quadrants with Insular Style interlace. Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991 for a similar item used as the head of a dress-pin. 2.65 grams, 27mm (1"). From an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000; found near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK. Fine condition.
7th-9th century AD. A bronze dress pin with round-section shank and volute scroll finial. Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.98 (j,k) for type. 6.39 grams, 75mm (3"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s; found Derbyshire, UK. Fine condition.
11th century AD. A bronze disc brooch with reserved panels of enamelled decoration; pin-lug and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hammond, B. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Third Edition, Witham, 2014, item V07-0109. 6.44 grams, 25mm (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s; found near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze cruciform pendant with applied loop, pointillé detailing to each arm, pierced to accept a wire loop and trapezoidal dangle with annulet detailing. Cf. Arwidsson, G. Birka II: 2 Systematische Analysen der Gräberfunde, Uppsala, 1986, page 113, fig. 12:2. 2.77 grams, 67mm (2 1/2"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze amulet in the form of a rectangular plate with two bird heads to the top, series of vertical lines to centre of panel; three loops suspension loops to the base with S-shaped hooks with 'duck feet' pendants below; suspension loop between bird heads. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate X, item 17 22 grams, 73mm (3"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
9th-11th century AD. An iron firesteel with bronze handle formed as two stylised dragon heads joined in the centre to form a lozenge. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 2. 28 grams, 53mm (2"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze spoon with shallow bowl, low rib to the centre; curving handle with bear's head below hanging hole. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LXX, item 21. 27 grams, 82mm (2 1/2"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally conserved.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze pendant in the form of an openwork triangle with plaited border; three suspension rings to the bottom with 'duck feet' pendants below; suspension ring to the top. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XXIX, item 20. 9.78 grams, 68mm (2 5/8"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
9th-11th century AD. A miniature bronze spoon, handle with small human head to the top, handle with plaited pattern; swan neck to the base and shallow bowl; pierced to the top for suspension. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XVII, items 20 Korshun, V.E. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, volume I, Moscow, 2012, item D.3.04 5.54 grams, 67mm (2 5/8"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
10th-12th century AD. A bronze buckle with D-shaped loop, median bar and rectangular rear loop, raised ravens design. 11.46 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
9th-12th century AD. A bronze lozengiform plaque with loop to one end, high-relief regardant dragon motif to one face. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 98, item 9. 4.19 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
6th-8th century AD. A bronze strap end decorated to the top with a triskele pattern, nail holes to the edge. 9.54 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Professionally cleaned and conserved.
9th-12th century AD. A bronze leaf-shaped openwork pendant with ropework border and dragon to the centre with head turned back; two suspension loops to the top. 7.30 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). From the private collection of a Californian lady; previously in a collection formed 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze flat-section penannular bracelet with a bear's head in plan to each terminal, geometric ornament; Baltic workmanship. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LXXI, item 24. 75 grams, 66mm (2 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired before 1990. Fine condition, wear to one corner. Rare.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze flat-section penannular bracelet with a bear's head in plan to each terminal, geometric ornament. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LXXI, item 24. 97 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired before 1990. Fine condition, wear to one corner. Rare.
10th century AD. An iron key with decorated bronze handle, showing fine Borre-style interlaced design. Cf. Hilderbrand, H. The Industrial Arts of Scandinavia in the Pagan Time, London, 1883, p.133, fig.114 (http://imgur.com/a/uTP9l); and Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands I.: Abbildungen der Graubfunde, Stockholm, 1992, fig.45, item 27. 12 grams, 53mm (2"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and conserved.
10th century AD. A Scandinavian bronze openwork plaque with iron strip insert to the lower edge; the plaque tongue-shaped with central bifurcated strut, zoomorphic detail to the bow. Cf. Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari II The Artefacts, Helsinki, 1982, fig.21; Cacciandra, V. & Cesati. A. Fire Steels, Turin, 1996, plate I(4"). 15 grams, 47mm (2"). Property of a Dutch collector; previously from an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000. Fine condition, professionally cleaned by an archaeologist.
12th-14th century AD. A bronze annular brooch with conical hoop and trapezoidal plaque with openwork scrolls, lower bar with six attached chains of paired links; D-section scrolled tongue. Cf. ring-brooch in Griciuviene, E. Žiemgaliai. The Semigallians, Vilnius, 2005, p.181, item 1021. 122 grams, 18cm (7"). From an old private collection; acquired in the 1950s. Very fine condition.
10th-11th century AD. A rectangular bronze belt buckle of Scandinavian type, the forward bar segmented with a triangular couch for the tongue; the side bars chamfered, with segment detailing on both outer faces; the rear bar round-section, detached on one side; to each corner a triangular beast-head motif with square muzzle and two prominent, rounded ears, those on the forward edge facing forwards and those on the rear facing backwards. Cf. triangular example in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol. 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010 item, 1.2-c. 15 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). Found near Kemble, Gloucestershire, UK. Fine condition.
9th-12th century AD. A group of four coiled bronze hair rings, each with two tapered ends. See Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table II, item 17. 94 grams total, 24-28mm (1"). Property of a gentleman; formerly in a private collection; acquired on the UK art market. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-12th century AD. A bronze round-section penannular band, tapering to the raised ends with polyhedral finials; median section with twisted rods and interstitial wire effect; finials with ring-and-dot detailing; pin with coiled plaque, punched annulets and saltires. 72 grams, 60mm (2 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. [No Reserve] Very fine condition, pin tip absent.
10th century AD. A bronze sword pommel of Petersen's Type R with bulbous lobes and swept lower edge, circular hole to accept the tang; to one end, the outer lobes modified. Cf. Peirce, I. Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.96. 53 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a collector from Kent, UK; found Kent. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-12th century AD. A bronze equal armed cross with figure of Christ to the centre wearing robes and head tilted to one side; above head of Christ a small dove; suspension ring to the top. 9.16 grams, 49mm (2"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Fine condition.
1st century AD. A bronze oil lamp in the form of Priapus, bearded head turned slightly to the right; hole to the top of the head for oil; wearing a V-neck tunic; hands holding a large penis with hole to the end for lamp wick. 115 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Fair condition, some corrosion and holes.
10th-11th century AD. A silver-coloured bronze pendant with a Borre-style beast formed as a zoomorphic beast with hatched panel to the hip, gripping hands to the body and circular border, facing mask below the loop. 4.53 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-12th century AD. A bracelet of bronze triple-links with securing ring, two rumbler bell pendants, a bronze wire crescent plaque, a pierced bone dangle. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate 20. 40 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A group of bronze items consisting of three bracelets with round section body, flattened at the end with punched dot decoration; two coiled hair rings. 128 grams total, 20-75mm (3/4 - 3"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [5, No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-12th century AD. A group of two bronze pendants comprising: one a D-shaped frame with central trefoil, four chains; each with a bell-shaped finial; one a coiled wire convex disc with four duck-foot pendants. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table X for types. 72 grams total, 58-93mm (1 1/4 - 3 5/8"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [2, No Reserve] Fair condition.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze torc comprising a round-section bar with hook-and-eye finials, bands of spiral-wound wire and biconical beads. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, colour plate 1. 140 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, repaired.
9th-11th century AD. A massive bronze disc-brooch with three rows of repousse dots to the border; raised rim to the centre with open work triangles forming a sun-burst, repousse studs between each; a hexagonal plate to the inner rim with five repousse bosses. 199 grams total, 17.8cm (7"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC- 5th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: two bridle fittings with loops to the rear; a bridle fitting with loops to each end; a strap reinforcer with repoussé domes, organic remains; a belt buckle with triangular plaque and flat-section loop, remains of the ferrous pin. 184 grams, 73-110mm (3 - 4 3/8"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [5, No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-12th century AD. A mixed group comprising a bronze penannular brooch with repoussé detailing and a silver-coloured metal bear's skin bracelet (in two parts"). Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987 table XLV(20), table LXXXII(35"). 197 grams total, 58-120mm (2 - 4 3/4"). From a private collection; previously in an old European collection; acquired in the late 1940s. [3, No Reserve] Fair condition.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze disc brooch, slightly convex with pin-lug and catch to the reverse, low-relief Borre Style interlaced cross motif. Cf Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1313. 6.21 grams, 27mm (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. Fine condition.
6th century AD. A large bronze cruciform brooch of Little Wilbraham type, comprising a trapezoidal headplate with expanding lateral wings, integral D-section collar and knop above; deep keeled bow with chamfered ends; narrow footplate with D-section collar and horse-head finial with two round-section posts for the eyes, disc nostrils and crescentic muzzle between; rows of punched crescents to the edges of the headplate and wings; pierced lug to the reverse of the headplate and catchplate below; ferrous residue to the surface, possibly from the iron pin. Cf. West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, plate 147, items 12, 15. 69 grams, 13cm (5"). Found Hertfordshire, UK. Fine condition; pin absent.
5th century AD. A large bronze brooch in the form of a cicada with detailing to the head and body; wings folded back against the body and decorated with pelta patterns of decreasing size; iron pin and spring to the underside. 23 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). From a West London collector; previously in a collection formed between 1990-2000. Fine condition.
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