Celtic (Iron Age) Decorative Mounts For Sale
The distinctive decoration of the British Iron Age consists of trumpet- and comma-shaped motifs executed in iron or copper-alloy with champ levé enamelled detailing. Items ornamented in this manner required considerable skill, time and resources in their manufacture and they must be interpreted as belonging to aristocratic British nobles who could afford to commission them. A recurrent theme is the division of a circle into three equal parts, or the use of three 'spokes' radiating from a central 'hub'. early Irish and Welsh literature places great stress on 'triads' - groups of three - and it may be that the Celtic peoples saw the number three as sacred.
In these pages you will find some interesting examples of British Iron Age decoration for sale.
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| | Romano Celtic ‘Trumpet Whorl’ Belt Fitting 026277 | Romano Celtic ‘Trumpet Whorl’ Belt Fitting Copper-alloy, 12.0 grams, 35.2 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A belt mount decorated in the Celtic La Tene tradition, piriform with comma-shaped voids and trumpet terminals, with attachment pegs on the reverse. Reference: Megaw, R and V, Celtic Art, 1989, p. 238. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £125.00  |  |
| | Romano Celtic ‘Trumpet Whorl’ Belt Fitting 026279 | Romano Celtic ‘Trumpet Whorl’ Belt Fitting Copper-alloy, 7.7 grams, 30.0 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A belt mount decorated in the Celtic La Tene tradition, D-shaped plate with spiral void, with attachment pegs on the reverse. Reference: Megaw, R and V, Celtic Art, 1989, p. 238. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £60.00 |  |
| | Iron Age Celtic 'Enamelled' Trilobe Mount 024025 | Iron Age Celtic 'Enamelled' Trilobe Mount Copper-alloy and enamel, 13.71 grams, 19.95 mm. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD. A cast copper-alloy mount formed as three intersecting bulbs with red enamel triangles at the intersection. To the reverse, the mount is hollow, with an integral slider bar. Reference: cf. similar trilobed mount from Swindon, Wiltshire, recorded with the PAS under reference WILT-05FD81. Very fine condition. Provenance: found East Anglia, UK. | £185.00 |  |
| | Celtic Iron Age 'La Tène' Openwork Mount 022734 | Celtic Iron Age 'La Tène' Openwork Mount Copper-alloy,12.80 grams, 23.87 mm. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD. A cast copper-alloy mount comprising a D-shaped openwork base with two circular pegs supporting a smaller D-shaped plate with La Tène Style comma-shaped decorative flanges and a central circular recess. The mount is probably a belt or harness fitting, perhaps related to the terrets from Iron Age sites. Reference: cf. the openwork mounts and fittings with La Tène designs from Stanwick published in Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities 1925, reprinted Ipswich, 1994 p.138-42. Very fine condition, slight strap wear to one side. Provenance: found Norfolk, England. | £225.00 |  |
| | Romano-British 'Shield Boss' Belt Slide/Mount 006907 | Romano-British 'Shield Boss' Belt Slide/Mount Copper alloy, 7.15 grams, 21.03 mm. 1st Century A.D. A circular disk with a bordered circumference of niello, with that is an inner circle composed of triangular niello, around diamond sections of silver inlay. Protruding from the centre is a long expanding knob/nipple. The reverse of the piece has a rectangular section, which the belt would have been fed through. Very fine condition. | £145.00 |  |
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