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LOT 1746
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 6 1/8 in. (103 grams total, 3.7-15.5 cm).
Comprising: a small-long brooch with deep bow and square headplate with incised saltire; a strap-junction of two rings joined by a D-section arm, with radiating lugs; a cruciform brooch with bow-tie head plate and three radiating D-shaped plaques, short bow, footplate with lateral lappets and horse-head finial with scrolled nostrils, pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.26 (cruciform brooch) 15.8 (small-long brooch).
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