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LOT 1864
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Group
6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (14.93 grams total, 36-42 mm).
Comprising: strap-end with trefoil finial, split shank and pin; gilt wrist clasp of Hines's Form C1 with hook to fore edge, rectangular cell above the hook with enamel fill. [2]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK, 1980s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
For wrist-clasp cf. Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, Stockholm, 1993, pl.XXII, for type.
FootnotesThe enamel fill on the clasp is most unusual, probably restricted to a small area of the Cambridgeshire Fens.
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