Copper-alloy, 75 grams, 130 mm. Circa 5th-6th century AD. A large example with square headplate with asymmetrical knops (two half-round, one full-round), deep carinated bow with facetted ends, remains of lateral lappets and collared footplate, animal-head finial with strong central rib, remains of pin-lug and catchplate on reverse. Reference: cf. MacGregor & Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series no.230, Oxford, 1993 nos.12.6, 12.32, 12.21. Good fine condition, composite from original elements.

Copper-alloy, 24 grams, 100 mm. Circa 5th-6th century AD. An example with half-round collared knop, punched headplate, lateral wings, carinated expanding bow, collared footplate and beast-head finial, pin-lug and catchplate in place on reverse. Reference: cf. MacGregor & Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series no.230, Oxford, 1993 nos.12.6, 12.32, 12.21. Good fine condition, composite from original elements.

Copper-alloy, 27 grams, 100 mm. Circa 5th-6th century AD. A trefoil-headed example with eye-detail on the collar of the top knop, flat D-shaped knops, punched border on headplate, facetted bow, footplate with D-shaped lateral lappets, animal-head finial, pin-lug and catchplate in place on reverse. Reference: cf. MacGregor & Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series no.230, Oxford, 1993 nos.12.6, 12.32, 12.21. Good fine condition, composite from original elements.

Copper-alloy, 160 grams, 181.52 mm, 7.16 inches. Circa 6th century AD. A large, very fine quality, unique hybrid type brooch based on the cruciform and square-headed bow-brooches. The headplate of the brooch is surrounded by three wings or lappets; each consists of a banded column flanked by two birds’ heads facing outwards, their beaks pierced, supporting flat panels decorated with sheet silver. The central panel of the headplate consists of a billeted border enclosing an upper zone with three elliptical pellets; below this is a rectangular field with Style I decoration surrounding a central square panel. The bow has raised lateral ridges and a broader central ridge with a central cell. The footplate is divided into three zones. The upper zone features a central rectangular panel with Style I motifs flanked by fields of Style I zoomorphs; outside these are flat lappets covered with silver sheet. An addorsed pair of birds’ heads with pierced beaks forms he second zone. Below this an expanding trapezoidal field develops into a further lateral pair of birds’ heads with pierced beaks, flanked by c-scroll details with silver-sheet inlay. The central trapezoidal field bears a Style I zoomorph. The lower edge abuts a further sheet-silver plate, rectangular with two small rectangular flanches removed. The brooch is a hybrid form, unpublished in the standard publications but clearly based on the more developed cruciform types (compare MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series 230, 1993, p.106 items 12.28, 12.37) but with details taken from great square-headed brooches. The decoration is crisp, the gilding remains across the surface in the incisions and the silver sheet is largely intact. Reference: Hines, J. A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, Woodbridge, 1997. Published: Hammond, Brett. British Artefacts, volume I - Early Anglo-Saxon. Good very fine condition. Found Leicestershire. This lot is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.

Copper-alloy, 9.73 grams, 60.53 mm. 5th-6th century AD. A good example of the small-long type of brooch. The rectangular headplate bears two circular piercings close to the right edge, mirrored by similar on the left which broke away in antiquity. The headplate is decorated with a double-contour border which corresponds to the incised facetting at the upper and lower ends of the carinated bow. The footplate is in three zones: the upper one with transverse decoration, the central one carinated and the lower expanding to a stylized animal-head. The pin-lug and catchplate are present. Reference: MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), BAR British Series 230, Oxford, 1993, p.135 item 15.43. Fine condition. Provenance: found Cambridgeshire, England.

Copper-alloy, 26.27 grams, 83.72 mm. Circa 7th century AD. The raised rectangular headplate is surmounted by a cast top-knob with domed terminal and ribbed collar, with two rectangular lateral wings. The bow bears a central rib decoration, abraded in the central portion, and transverse ribbing. The footplate bears a rectilinear panel and animal-head decoration with prominent eyes and rounded nostril detailing. The catchplate is intact, complete with remains of the iron pin. Reference: MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series 230, 1993, p.97 item 12.4. Very fine condition.