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LOT 1574
Anglo-Norman Zoomorphic Fitting
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6 grams, 2.5 cm).
Wedge-shaped in plan with rectangular fitting hole and the upper portion of a stylised feline head with gaping mouth, cylindrical in section. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Pembroke area, Pembrokeshire, 1980s-2000s.
Property of the finder.
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