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LOT 1192
Anglo-Saxon Artefact Collection
CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 5 1/8 in. (24 grams total, 2.1-13 cm).
A mixed bronze group comprising: a narrow strap end with split upper edge, low-relief interlace motif, beast-head finial; a mount fragment with low-relief knotwork, pierced at one corner; a gilt chip-carved fragment probably of a cruciform brooch with high-relief Style I profile face; both parts of a dress pin with polyhedral head and ribbed upper section. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Roding's, Essex, UK.
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
Literature
For strap end see Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 1, Finds Research Group datasheet 32, Sleaford, 2007.
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