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LOT 1676
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Bucket Mount
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (6.33 grams, 37 mm).
Pelta-shaped with scrolled avian heads (one absent), punched detailing to edges, retaining strap and hole for pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 50.1, for type.
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