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Starting price: 540 GBP
Estimate: 600 GBP
Result: 540 GBP
Lot 537. Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch
5th-6th century AD. A silver-gilt bow brooch with rectangular headplate, shallow bow and lozengiform footplate; notched profile to the bow, discs to the corners of the headplate and panel of Style I decoration, lappets to the upper footplate with ribbed notched detail, mask footplate; pierced pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 14.1. 17 grams, 68mm (2 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Extremely fine condition.
Estimate: £600 - 800
5th-6th century AD. A silver-gilt bow brooch with rectangular headplate, shallow bow and lozengiform footplate; notched profile to the bow, discs to the corners of the headplate and panel of Style I decoration, lappets to the upper footplate with ribbed notched detail, mask footplate; pierced pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 14.1. 17 grams, 68mm (2 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Extremely fine condition.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Timeline Originals
4 DAY SALE OF ANTIQUITIES & COINS
LOT 537
27 - 30 May 2015
Collection : Antiquities - Germanic