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Lot 149
Anglo-Saxon Winchester style strap-end. A tongue-shaped openwork bronze strap end with Winchester-style decoration in the form of two confronted birds with foliage below. Very fine condition, smooth patina. 10th - 11th century.Cf. Gabor Thomas, Finds Research Group Datasheet 33, nos 22 & 23.48mm x 28mm, 20.6g
Lot 152
Anglo-Saxon equal-ended chip-carved bronze mount. Two sub-square panels joined by a rectangular bar with transverse grooves. Both panels carry chip-carved decoration in the form of four pointed ovals arranged to form a saltire, some gilding. Two pierced attachment lugs on the reverse (damaged). C. 7th century AD.33mm x 12mm, 5.0g.
Lot 155
Anglo-Saxon chip-carved roundel. A circular bronze roundel with a design of a cross over a square with incurved sides. The panels between are decorated with chip-carve Salin style III interlace. Possibly the head from a linked pin, cf. the Witham pins. Circular piercing at the centre and four further piercings around the periphery. Some gilding remaining. 8th - 9th century AD.Found at Saxmundham, Suffolk.47mm diameter, 14g.
Lot 157
Viking bronze finger ring. A flat band with a lozenge-shaped central panel decorated with four ring-and-dot motifs within a linear border. The band tapers at the bottom of the hoop and is knotted together in typical Viking style. Extremely fine condition. 9th - 11th century.18mm external diameter, 16mm internal.
Lot 159
Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp suite. A complete set of two matched pairs of Anglo-Saxon gilt-bronze wrist clasps. Of Hines form B20, the clasps have a toothed outside edge consisting of four triangular projections, the outer two pierced for attachment. Each clasp is decorated with a longitudinal line of beading in sunken relief. Much gilding remaining and in perfect working order. 6th century ADEach pair 29mm x 28mm.Found in Lincolnshire, UK.
Lot 171
Irish Saxon Shrine Mount. A chip-carved heavily gilded circular bronze mount. The front face has a central circular setting for a glass cabochon, now vacant, around which are three running spirals which wind into tight, fine-line 'watch-spring' spirals and form three bosses. The use of "watch spring" spirals and a setting are typical of Irish metalwork dating from the 8th or 9th century and this mount probably adorned a portable shrine such as the house-shaped shrine from Clonard, County Meath or the Monymusk Reliquary. Found in Dorset UK, probably brought over from Ireland by Vikings in the late 9th century whilst still attached to a shrine. Some corrosion (now stabilised) at the extremities, otherwise very fine condition with most of the gilding intact. Recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme: PUBLIC-D1A321 and designated a find of regional importance.42mm diameter x 5mm, 21.9g.
Lot 173
Anglo-Saxon strap-end and spangle. A cast bronze strap-end with a zoomorphic terminal, the body inlaid with two (originally 4) silver panels with foliate decoration. Together with a large triangular sheet bronze spangle having repousse crescent and pellet decoration. (2).C. 8th-9th century AD.47mm, 9.6g & 44mm, 2.4g.
Lot 180
Medieval Chessman Type Seal Matrix. A large bronze seal matrix with hexagonal-sectioned handle and trefoil suspension loop. The circular face engraved with a device of a tree (tree of life?) in the centre surrounded by the inscription GLER. .G.LER.Very fine condition. 13th - 14th century.28mm x 24mm diameter, 20g
Lot 185
Medieval Bird Strap-End and Buckle Group. A medieval bronze strap-end in the form of a bird, a rare type c. 12th - 13th century (50mm x 11mm, 7.5g) together with a complete buckle and plate c. 13th century (63mm x 25mm, 11.2g) and a buckle of similar date with integral forked spacer. Very fine condition.
Lot 207
Medieval bronze vesica seal matrix. The seal face depicts a profile bust with the hand of God above, flanked by a star and cresent, surrounded by the Latin inscription *GRACIA DEI SVM - By the grace of God. The reverse has a central rib and intact suspension loop. 13th -14th century. Together with a wax impression from the seal.28mm x 16mm, 5.6g
Lot 208
Four medieval bronze brooches, to include: Annular brooch (30mm diameter) inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA... (Hail Mary full of grace); A pair of annular brooches with engraved 'wrigglework' decoration; A lozenge-shaped brooch (34mm) with bevelled frame and punched decoration. All four complete with functioning pin. Very fine condition with river Thames patina.C. 13th - 14th century(4)
Lot 211
Three medieval bronze brooches, to include: a bronze annular brooch surmounted by two hands clasped in prayer and having a raised collet set with white paste, the pin slightly bent (31mm, 2.6g); an oval brooch surmounted by an animal head and having a raised collet set with white paste (25mm, 2.2g); a brooch in the form of a stirrup-shaped finger ring, the bezel set with white paste (25mm, 2.5g).13th - 14th century. All with functioning pins.(3)
Lot 340A
A Medieval bronze merchants chessmans seal matrice 14th Century:A superb chessman bronze seal matrix of the 14th Century with Suspension loop. In the center of the seal is an 'I' over A.G.R. with a legend surrounding: I E.A.I.A A.N.G.O.R.A.N.E. or A.N.G.O.R.A.N.C. together with an impression from the seal, it is 19mm diameter by 28mm high approx 10.41g (2)Condition: Excellent
Lot 358
Norman period zoomorphic knife handle. A zoomorphic knife handle in bronze, sub-cylindrical, tapering towards the blade and with a terminal in the form of a Romanesque style lion's head. The lion is happy-looking with a smiling mouth and well detailed face, the mane inferred by a series of engraved lines. The lower half towards the blade has moulded spiral decoration. C. 12th century.87mm x 16mm, 62g.
Lot 361
Medieval personal seal matrix. A bronze vesica seal with a central device of a running stag and the inscription +S' IOhIS WILDIER - the seal of John Wildier. The top is surmounted by a transverse circular loop for suspension. 13Th century. Together with an impression from the seal. (2)32mm x 15mm, 10.22g.
Lot 376
16th Century watch face, an elaborately engraved gilt-bronze face from a pocket watch, probably late 16th Century German. The oval face has a dial in Roman numerals and finely detailed foliate engraving inhabited by Squirrels, a Rabbit and a Lion. Three pins on the reverse, 48 by 37 mm, 13.0 grams
Lot 83
Middle Bronze age palstave axehead. A large palstave axehead in excellent condition with a brown patina and areas of the original bronze finish showing through. Flared blade and a shield-shaped depression in front of the stop-ridge, the cutting edge still sharp. Acton Park phase, Group I (shield-pattern) type c.1500-1300 BC.Found Dorset, UK. Recorded with PAS:PUBLIC-911E24155mm x 68mm x 29mm, 401g.
Lot 84
Late Iron Age Decorated Bronze 'Horn Cap' A cast bronze late Iron Age Horn Cap. Cast in three pieces, an upper and lower discoidal element joined by a central, tubular section and with a decorative roundel fitted in the top. This type, with a wide cornice and flat diaphragm was classified by Sir Cyril Fox as type B III.These enigmatic objects were once thought to be chariot decorations but more recent thinking has proposed them as the heads from ceremonial maces or sceptres. What is certain is that they are extremely rare. Only around twenty examples are known to exist and, of these, only a few are decorated. This Horn Cap has wonderfully executed decoration in the form of an incised and punched la Tene style swastika, a fantastic demonstration of Celtic artistry. The swastika, or four-armed spiral (tetraskelion) was a popular motif during the Iron Age and appears on a wide variety of objects, from funerary urns to the Battersea shield, but rarely in such an elaborate fashion as here. A prestige piece such as this would certainly have belonged to an individual of high status in Iron Age society; a Chieftan, King or maybe even a Druid. A similar Horn Cap, with more rudimentary swastika decoration was discovered at Llyn Cerrig Bach on the island of Anglesey, famous sanctuary of the Druids. Other examples have have been found at Maiden Castle, Ham Hill and there have been a small cluster from the Thames Valley. This example was uncovered near Colchester in Essex, ancient Camulodunum, site of an Iron Age oppidum and the capitol of the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni tribes.c. 2nd - 1st Century BCDiscovered during a metal detecting rally in 2005 and repaired.With its own display stand and glass cover. Accompanied by a report from the British Museum, with detailed drawings.Published: The Searcher July 2006 Brendan Mac Gonagle: OF SWANS AND SWASTIKAS - A Celtic Horn Cap with Zoomorphic Swastika Decoration from Essex, EnglandCf. E. M. Jope Early Celtic Art In The British Isles plate 302 - 303Sir Cyril Fox: A Find Of The Early Iron Age From Llyn Cerrig Bach, Angelsey, pp. 14-19Dimensions 106mm x 66mm/493g
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