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Click here to subscribe2nd century AD. A bronze bridge-type equal-ended plate brooch with arched plate and beast-head terminals; the plate with median band of green and blue enamel squares, inlaid silver slashes; the beast-heads with inset blue glass eyes; pin-lugs, pin and catchplate to the reverse. 12 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1414. Fine condition.
4th century AD. A hollow-formed bronze bow brooch with three onion-shaped knops, deep trapezoidal-section bow and rectangular footplate; the upper face of the arm with stepped profile, panel with pierced sides to the footplate, hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. 58 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1980. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1269. Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A flat-section bronze plate brooch with central void, ring of eight enamel-filled roundels, enamel-filled lateral lobes and similar above and below on waisted plaques; hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. 5.17 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1594 for type. Fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze hinge-headed enamelled brooch with waisted headplate, square plaque with enamelled grid, each panel with contrasting enamel fill; trapezoidal footplate with enamel and two contrasting pellets; hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. 7.42 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 994. Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A flat-section bronze plate brooch formed as a ring with enamelled segments in white, blue and yellow with an enamelled lobe to each quadrant, four spokes and an onion-shaped knop to the centre; hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. 7.12 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 135. Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A flat-section bronze plate brooch with lateral notches, scrolled openwork to the upper edge, pierced lug to the lower edge; panel of geometric cellwork to accept enamel fill; pin, pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse. 21 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1009 for type. [No Reserve] Fair condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze bow brooch comprising: a round-section crossbar, coiled spring, chord and pin; deep rectangular-section bow with notch detailing to the outer edges, biconical knop above; small footplate with lateral notch for the catchplate. 46 grams, 74mm (3"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 489. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century AD. A bronze Aesica-type brooch with ribbed crossbar, D-section bow with loop above, transverse flange, flat-section triangular foot with linear and ring-and-dot motifs, hinged pin, catchplate to the reverse. 18 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 794. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A flat-section plate brooch with black enamelled face and reserved hub with spokes and pellets, central red enamel panel with stud; pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse. 3.50 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Found Cambridgeshire, UK. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 118. Fine condition.
4th-5th century AD. A conical gold-glass vessel with flat base, rounded shoulder and cupped neck. 40 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex Coins and Antiquities Ltd., London, UK; previously with D.J. Crowther, before 1970. Cf. vessel with similar profile with extended neck in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 778. Fine condition; hairline crack from base.
4th century AD. An iridescent green-glass jar with tubular body and vertical ribbing, dimple base, narrow neck with rounded mouth and flared rim. 76 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Ex Coins and Antiquities Ltd., London, UK; previously with D.J. Crowther, before 1970. Cf. similar body form in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 316 and mouth item 285. Very fine condition.
1st century AD. A shallow blue glass dish with central dimple, basal ring, flared sidewall and everted rim. 88 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 77. The form of the dish is a parallel to terra sigillata vessels of Dragendorff Form 17 found at Pompeii and elsewhere. Fine condition.
3rd-4th century AD. A pale blue glass bowl with iridescent surface, flat bottom, vertical ribbed segmentation, slightly everted rim. 57 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 603. Fine condition; small repair.
3rd century AD. A narrow D-section silver hoop with flat shoulders and scaphoid plaque, inset glass cloison with intaglio image of Mercury standing wearing the petasos. 3.23 grams, 19mm overall, 15.64mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 9.0, Japan 8) (3/4"). Property of a Hampshire gentleman; by inheritance 1970s. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 248. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
3rd century AD. A broad silver hoop with incised strokes to the shoulders, flat plaque with raised discoid cell, standing figure of a bird within. 8.99 grams, 22mm overall, 18.67mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.62, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 227 for type. Fine condition.
3rd century AD. A silver brooch of P-shaped type with spring wound round the crossbar and knop above with beaded wire fillet; seven beaded wire fillets to the flat-section bow, returned foot with catchplate. 21 grams, 67mm (2 1/2"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1247. The progression from this late form of P-shaped brooch to the earliest crossbow brooches can be easily seen. The presence of the large spring to the headplate is the main visual difference. Very fine condition.
4th century AD. A fabricated silver bow brooch with pierced transverse arm, three onion-shaped knops with wire collars, beaded wire to the upper face, rectangular-section bow with running guilloche to the upper face, trapezoidal D-section footplate with extension to the median guilloche flanked by roundels, chamfered panels; hinged pin and rolled catchplate to the reverse. 62 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 505. Fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A D-section hoop and expanding shoulders, flat plaque with inset red glass cloison, intaglio profile bust of Mars in helmet. 6.29 grams, 26mm overall, 18.80mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.0, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 194. Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statuette of the goddess Minerva dressed in peplos and crested helmet, right hand extended and left hand raised. 82 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Ex V.C. Vecchi and Sons Ltd., Great Smith Street, London, 1971-1985. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 68. Fair condition, spear(?) and upper part of left hand missing.
1st-2nd century AD. A flat-section plaque with two D-shaped loops connecting two openwork pelta-shaped scrolled panels with T-shaped extensions; mounted on a custom-made stand. 76 grams, 13cm including stand (5"). Property of an East London collector; acquired in the 1970s. Cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, item AA8.35. Very fine condition, cleaned and conserved.
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze knife-handle of Minerva in helmet with bifid crest, cuirass with lion-mask to the chest, narrow base with transverse slot to the underside. 52 grams, 67mm (2 1/2"). Found Canterbury area, Kent, UK, 1980s. Cf. depictions of Minerva in the Museum Calvet d'Avignon in Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 67. [No Reserve] Fair condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. A flat-section bronze key with D-shaped bow, narrow neck, the ward pierced by two rows of circular holes, perpendicular serrated bit. 36 grams, 88mm (3 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Pall, M. Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, item 5594. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze flat-section plate brooch with notched baseline, segmented body, ring-and-dot eye; hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. 7.07 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1980. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1183. Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze zoomorphic brooch of a standing horse with halter and arched neck; beneath the rear legs a transverse crossbar and hinged pin, catchplate to the front legs. 12 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1643. Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze zoomorphic brooch of a standing horse with halter and arched neck, textured tail; beneath the rear legs a transverse bar and pin, catchplate to the front legs. 8.91 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1644. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze zoomorphic brooch of a standing horse with saddle and arched neck; beneath the rear legs a transverse spring and pin, catchplate to the front legs. 17 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1644. Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze zoomorphic brooch of a standing horse with saddle and arched neck, ring-and-dot motifs to the flanks, rump and neck; beneath the rear legs a transverse spring and pin, catchplate to the front legs. 26 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1643. Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch of a running hound with enamelled cell to the flank; pin and catchplate to the reverse. 5.18 grams, 42mm (1 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1188. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch of a bird with pointillé detail to the spread wings, head modelled in the round, pin-lug and catchplate to the underside. 4.87 grams, 24mm (1"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1160. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze bird brooch with body and head modelled in the round, flat-section trapezoidal tail with ring-and-dot motifs; pin-lugs, pin and catchplate to the underside. 6.54 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 624. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch of a bird with raised head, notch detailing to wings and tail, catchplate, spring and pin to the reverse. 9.98 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1637. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze bow brooch with narrow lozenge-section bow, pivoted jaws, rectangular catchplate with pierced lug; pivoted pin; bands of punched crescents to the upper faces. 18 grams, 10.5cm (4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1271. Fine condition.
5th century AD. A fabricated crossbow brooch with facetted onion-shaped knops to the arms and a third above the bow; the arms facetted with tiered upper face, the bow D-shaped in section with collar to the lower edge, footplate with openwork scrolls to each edge; tubular catchplate to the reverse and hinged pin. 22 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 507. Fine condition.
4th century AD. A piriform green glass bottle with broad funicular neck. 53 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a retired sculptor; from a collection formed in the 1980s. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 312. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
7th century AD. A gold cruciform pendant of four hollow expanding arms with applied filigree ropework fillet to the upper face and end of each; hinged gussetted suspension loop with median filigree fillet; discoid plaque with filigree ropework border, raised cell with inset cabochon garnet. 27 grams, 97mm (4"). From a noble Russian family by descent. Cf. Ross M.C. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item 18. Early Christians used a wide variety of symbols to express their faith. The second-century Christian teacher Clement of Alexandria identified a dove, a fish, a ship, a lyre, and an anchor as suitable images to be engraved on Christians' signet-rings. During the first two centuries of Christianity, the cross may have been rare in Christian iconography, as it depicts a purposely painful and gruesome method of public execution and Christians were reluctant to use it, and the ICTHUS fish or the Chi Rho symbol remained popular in early Christianity. Eventually the cross lost its connotations as an object of torture and was increasingly used by Christians to represent their faith. In 337 AD Constantine the Great banned crucifixion and the cross increasingly became an object used for personal adornment, especially amongst the clergy. Very fine condition; arms and shaft partly open to the reverse.
12th century AD. A bronze reliquary cross pendant formed as two plaques with hinge lugs above and below, each with roundel finials containing facing busts; Corpus Christi to one face, robed Mary Theotokos to the other with 'MP' and '?' flanking. 52 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. See The Collection of Encolpions, Crosses and sacred Images of B.I and V.N Khanenko, Kiev, 1899, item 86. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
11th-13th century AD. A bronze discoid pendant with integral loop, ornamental border, image of Mary with hands raised in the orans posture, infant Jesus below; possibly originating in the Slavic regions. 1.35 grams, 25mm (1"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. See Kolchin, B.A. and Makarova, T.I. Drevnyaya Rus', Byt i kultura, Moscow, 1997, plate 115, item 20 for similar iconographic style. The pendant depicts The Virgin of the Sign which shows the Virgin Mary with a disc at her womb with Christ Emmanuel within and symbolises the Annunciation. The image is also known as the Mother of God Blachernitissa, after the icon that appeared in Constantinople in the ninth century and was kept at the Church of the Blachernae, and which became the symbol and protector of the city. The image also became very popular in Russia with major churches being dedicated to it in Kiev and Novgorod. [No Reserve] Fine condition, worn.
10th-12th century AD. A matched pair of Slavic type silver-gilt earrings, each formed as a round-section bar with two solid bulbs, another in openwork and wound wire panels; the solid bulbs with knop detailing, the openwork bulb with applied pellets. 33 grams total, 49mm each (2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Cf. Platonov, S. & Taryta, S. Masterpieces of Platar, Kiev, 2004, item 207. For a similar pair see J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2014, no. 165. [2] Very fine condition.
7th-9th century AD. A gold rectangular plate with double loop for the hinge; the plate pierced at each corner, decorated with two low-relief facing birds with elongated necks looped around each other, beaks formed with triangular panels of reserved arches, the bodies decorated with a La Tène scroll pattern; three-toed claw in each upper corner; the image of the birds also forming a 'hidden face' motif. 5.79 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Ex Rhodes collection; property of the vendor's grandfather; acquired while travelling in Europe in the 1960s, thence by descent. Cf. details of the decoration on the decorative plaque from Inchbofin Island, Couty Westmeath, Ireland in Youngs, S. (ed.) The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 146. Interlace is a key feature of the Style II animal style decoration of Migration Period art, and is found widely across Northern Europe, and was carried by the Lombards into Northern Italy. Typically the long ribbons eventually terminate in an animal's head. By about 700 AD it becomes less common in most of Europe, but continues to develop in the British Isles and Scandinavia, where it is found on metalwork, woodcarving, runestones, high crosses, and illuminated manuscripts of the 7th to 12th centuries. A key feature of Anglo-Saxon art styles is that as the piece is moved hidden animals and faces are revealed that otherwise would not be noticed. This could be a visual representation of the view the pagan Anglo-Saxons took of the world, one of blurred boundaries between the world of the gods and that of the natural world. Extremely fine condition.
6th-10th century AD. A gold hoop formed from five alternating parallel twisted rods in herringbone pattern, flat-section connecting plaque. 7.01 grams, 22mm overall, 18.47mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.0, Japan 17) (1"). Property of a Scottish gentleman; acquired from continental Europe in the late 1970s; gifted to his daughter in the early 1980s; thence by descent 2004. Cf. herringbone effect in filigree in Hindman, S. et al Toward and Art History of Medieval Rings: A Private Collection, London, 2007, item 13. Fine condition.
6th-9th century AD. A broad hoop formed from four twisted filigree bands, expanding shoulders, plaque with granules and filigree annulets. 1.72 grams, 18mm overall, 15.08mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.34, Japan 7) (3/4"). Ex McGowan collection; acquired in Europe in the 1960s; thence by descent. Cf. gold filigree from Coggeshall, Essex, in Hinton, D.A. Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-100 AD, Oxford, 1974, item 11. Fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A broad green cup with everted rim, band of applied blue-glass pellets to the equator; Gaulish workmanship. 129 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). From an important Dutch collection; acquired in the 1980s from Nicholas Wright of Kilburn, London, UK (Sir Michael Tippett's assistant); found in an Anglo-Saxon grave in Kent, UK, in the 1970s. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass vol.1, item 371 and Evison, V.I. Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Glass in the British Museum item 14, Dover Buckland grave 250. Fine condition, repaired.
6th century AD. A pale blue glass cup with short stem and broad base; the bowl with black glass applied trails to the upper body; Gaulish workmanship. 45 grams, 89 mm (3 1/2"). From an important Dutch collection; acquired in the 1980s from Nicholas Wright of Kilburn, London, UK (Sir Michael Tippett's assistant); found in an Anglo-Saxon grave in Kent, UK, in the 1970s. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, item 430 and similar goblet in the Allaire collection, item 52e from a Frankish grave. Fine condition, repaired.
4th-5th century AD. A matched pair of gold bow brooches, each a D-shaped headplate with beaded wire border, granule clusters and four cabochon garnets in cells with beaded wire collars, shallow keeled bow with offset triangular granule clusters, lozengiform footplate with beaded wire borders, granule clusters, and four cabochon garnets in cells; bronze core to the reverse with spring and catchplate. 16 grams total, 44mm (1 3/4"). From an old Oriental collection. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.25.1 for a larger, similarly constructed and ornamented example. Very fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A flat-section hoop with applied wire borders scrolled to the upper ends, groups of four granules to the shank; cell with beaded wire rim to each shoulder with inset cabochon garnet; broad discoid gold cell with beaded wire border and filigree running scroll to the outer edge; inset blue glass cabochon with remains of applied detailing. 11 grams, 32mm overall, 23.69mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+4, USA 14 1/2, Europe 34.33, Japan 33) (1 1/4"). From an old Oriental collection. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VII.7.2; Taylor, G. & Scarisbrick, D. Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, Oxford, 1978, item 222. This large and lavishly decorated ring which uses filigree decoration and inset stones, imitates Byzantine styles coming from Constantinople, a centre of artistic styles that radiated across Europe and beyond. In the fifth and sixth centuries there was a notable development in the techniques applied on jewellery with more imaginative shapes and polychrome decoration enriched with precious stones which was partly influenced by the east. The stone set into this ring could be blue porphyry, a stone that was expensive to mine and, along with purple porphyry, was associated with the Byzantine emperor; as such it would have been worn by a local ruler who would have imitated the rulers of the most influential empire at the time. Fine condition.
Late 6th-7th century AD. A gold S-brooch with bird-head finials, raised triangular and rectangular cells with inset garnet cloisons; to the reverse, an integral pin-lug with pin and catchplate. 10 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Ex Shorin collection, Moldavia; by descent; Vasilii Shorin, Russian noble merchant family, 17th century. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Cf. example from Inzing, Bavaria, in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VI.3.14.1. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. Very fine condition.
5th-early 6th century AD. A gold discoid plaque with applied loop to the reverse, beaded wire border enclosing octagonal cellwork pattern with garnet cloisons and central disc. 5.76 grams, 21mm (3/4"). Acquired on the London art market before 1990. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.17.1. Extremely fine condition.
Early 5th century AD. A buckle assemblage comprising: a gold tongue-shaped plaque with one lozengiform and four triangular garnets, stepped D-shaped garnet to the short edge and three domed rivets; strap and triangular-section tongue curled over the leading edge; carved garnet loop. 11 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item II.1.1. Fine condition; loop chipped and repaired.
Late 5th century AD. A matched pair of silver-gilt bow brooches, each a D-shaped headplate with S-scroll ornament, four radiating collared knops flanking a median beast-head with vesica-shaped eyes, inset garnet cabochons to the outer pair; deep carinated bow with chevron pellet bands to the outer edges, lozengiform footplate with pellet bands and opposed scrolls, six lateral lugs with inset cabochon garnets, two curved lappets with inset cabochon garnets above a beast-head finial; pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse. 77 grams total, 99-100mm (4"). Acquired on the London art market before 2000. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.8.7. [2] Very fine condition.
Early 6th century AD. A silver-gilt bow brooch with scrolled headplate and inset cabochon garnet, broad bow with chip-carved running zigzags and reserved median panel, ribbed collar to the footplate with beast-head finial, cabochon garnet eyes; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 16 grams, 58mm (2 1/4"). Acquired on the London art market before 2000. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item V.3.3. Extremely fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A rectangular bronze mount with three triangular recesses to each flat face; square recess to the apex with inset patterned gold foil; hollow to the reverse with transverse bar for attachment. 4.25 grams, 16mm (3/4"). Property of an East London collector; acquired before 2010. Cf. Menghin, W. Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, item 128 (Niederstotzingen); Mortimer, P. Woden's Warriors. Warriors and Warfare in 6th-7th Century Northern Europe, Ely, 2011, fig.SW54(d"). [No Reserve] Fair condition.
Late 5th-6th century AD. A bronze cruciform bow brooch of Barrington Type comprising a rectangular headplate with central ring-and-dot motif. three D-section lugs, deep bow with chamfered ends, flat footplate with transverse bands; horse-head finial with raised eyes and nostrils; pierced lug an long catchplate to the reverse. 13 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Cf. West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.147, item 11. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
8th-9th century AD. A bronze barrel key with round-section shank, piriform bow, rectangular ward with two lateral bits. 9.43 grams, 49mm (2"). Found near Ringstead, Norfolk, UK; 2003. Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 66(q"). Fine condition. Scarce.
6th century AD. A round-section silver loop and tapering tongue curved over the hoop, discoid silver-gilt plaque with central stud securing the strap to the rear, border and cross of punched points. 11 grams, 40mm (2 3/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VI.3.15.3. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th century AD. A silver buckle assemblage comprising a round-section loop and rectangular plaque with strap to the reverse and rivet closure, tapering round-section tongue with narrow end curved over the loop. 9.66 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.13.5.2. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th century AD. A silver buckle assemblage comprising a round-section loop and rectangular plaque with strap to the reverse and rivetted closure, tapering round-section tongue with narrow end curved over the loop 16 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.13.5.2 [No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th century AD. A mixed group of silver fittings comprising: a round-section buckle loop with clubbed tongue; a kidney-shaped buckle loop with round plaque and D-section tongue; a kidney-shaped buckle loop with square plaque and saltire to the tongue; a round-section loop with two D-section arms and crossbar, all with punched detailing. 16 grams total, 14-41mm (1/2 - 1 3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.13.5.2. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th century AD. A silver-gilt buckle comprising: a thick rectangular plate with chamfered sides, central rivet securing the strap to the rear, incised geometric ornament; thick round-section loop; tapering round-section tongue with forward end curved over the loop. 15 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.12.1. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A pair of silver tweezers with shovel-shaped jaws, applied wire coil to the shank. 7.15 grams, 52mm (2"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VII.45.2.6. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
7th century AD. A bronze radiate-headed bow brooch with D-shaped headplate and five radiating collared lugs, concentric arches to the median panel, shallow ribbed bow, lozengiform footplate with concentric lozenges, lateral cells, animal-head finial; remains of lug and catchplate to the reverse. 11 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VI.6.7 for type. [No Reserve] Fine condition, small casting flaw to footplate.
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