CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
SEVEN ANGLO-SAXON BROOCHES AND FITTINGS
circa 9th-11th century a.d.
Including a bronze terminal from a large cruciform brooch, circa late 6th century A.D., in the form of an anthropomorphic mask with prominent eyes, flanked by Style II bird heads, some details incised; a silver hooked tag with a circular plate with a cruciform motif with florals between the arms, the center perforated, with a long tongue bent at the end, and two perforated projecting lugs; a triangular silver hooked tag, the arcaded top with two perforations for attachment, the center with an incised and nielloed cross enclosed within line borders, with two short horizontal lines below; a silver hooked tag with an oval plate, two pierced lugs above and the remains of the hook below, the plate divided into three fields, two with incised Trewhiddle-style animals, the upper field with a cruciform foliate motif, some surviving niello; a bronze tongue-shaped strap-end, the squared end with two rivet holes for attachment, the terminal modelled in the form of an animal mask, the central field with a backward-glancing animal framed within a hatched border; a bronze disk brooch cast with a backward-glancing animal in relief, the eye a dotted ring, enclosed within a ribbed border; and a bronze disk brooch cast with a swirling pattern around a diamond shape with a recessed circle at the center
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide for the first (7)
circa 9th-11th century a.d.
Including a bronze terminal from a large cruciform brooch, circa late 6th century A.D., in the form of an anthropomorphic mask with prominent eyes, flanked by Style II bird heads, some details incised; a silver hooked tag with a circular plate with a cruciform motif with florals between the arms, the center perforated, with a long tongue bent at the end, and two perforated projecting lugs; a triangular silver hooked tag, the arcaded top with two perforations for attachment, the center with an incised and nielloed cross enclosed within line borders, with two short horizontal lines below; a silver hooked tag with an oval plate, two pierced lugs above and the remains of the hook below, the plate divided into three fields, two with incised Trewhiddle-style animals, the upper field with a cruciform foliate motif, some surviving niello; a bronze tongue-shaped strap-end, the squared end with two rivet holes for attachment, the terminal modelled in the form of an animal mask, the central field with a backward-glancing animal framed within a hatched border; a bronze disk brooch cast with a backward-glancing animal in relief, the eye a dotted ring, enclosed within a ribbed border; and a bronze disk brooch cast with a swirling pattern around a diamond shape with a recessed circle at the center
1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) wide for the first (7)
Provenance
Lord McAlpine of West Green for the bronze terminal, foliate silver hooked tag, bronze strap end and disk brooch with animal.
Fine Antiquities, Bonhams, 12 December 1996, lot 13, for the silver hooked tag with Trewhiddle-style animals.
Cummings Ltd., catalog, June 1993, pl. 23:A 385 for the disk brooch with swirling.
Fine Antiquities, Bonhams, 12 December 1996, lot 13, for the silver hooked tag with Trewhiddle-style animals.
Cummings Ltd., catalog, June 1993, pl. 23:A 385 for the disk brooch with swirling.