English Anglo-Saxon - Button Brooch > Lot No. 591

Description:
Circa 5th-6th century AD. A Saxon copper-alloy, gilded button brooch; an unusual example of Avent and Evison’s Class L, with a Style I zoomorph in place of the normal mask or helmet.

Measurements:
16.5 mm; 2.70 grams.

Condition:
Fine with most of the gilding remaining, traces of the iron pin at the spring-lug and slight loss to the catchplate.

References:
Avent & Evison, 1982.

Provenance:
Found Isle of Thanet, Kent, 2003.

Export licence:
No

Estimate: £100 - 150 (EUR 120 - 180; USD 160 - 240)

Auction date: Friday 19th March 2010 at The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH

Sold for: £150