Offered by Seghers & Pang Fine Arts
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Rare Anglo-Saxon bronze trefoil brooch with an eagle’s head in each lobe and a dot-in-circle motif in the centre. Goldenbrown patination. Excellent condition: complete with pin! It has resemblance to Hattat 1317 (a quatrefoil eagle’s head brooch). A rare and very interesting brooch. Dimensions: 40 x 40 mm.
Provenance:
Bernard C. Pickard collection (UK) acquired in the 1970s. Bernard Pickard was a close friend of Richard Hattat, the authority and author of several books on ancient brooches. Hattat acknowledges in his first book ‘Ancient & Romano-British Brooches’ (1982) that Mr. Pickard first aroused his interest in brooches and inspired him in writing his books during his retirement.
The brooch is accompanied by a hand signed letter from Bernard C. Pickard (July, 2007) describing this brooch.
The reference to Hattat 1317 can be found online:
‘A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattat’s Ancient Brooches’ online
http://martyngleaden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Hattatt-A-Visual-Catalogue-Of-Ancient-Brooches.pdf
p. 375 fig.234 Brooch 1317 (qualified as ‘rare’)
First published in ‘Brooches of Antiquity’ (1987) by Richard Hattat.
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