5th-6th century AD. A trefoil-headed brooch with square headplate, top knop with eye-detail to the collar, flat lateral D-shape knops; facetted bow and footplate with D-shaped lateral lappets extending to an animal-head finial; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. 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. 27 grams, 10cm (4"). From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market. [No Reserve]