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LOT 1356
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Clothes Fastener
9TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (19 grams, 52 mm).
Featuring two pierced lugs, recurved garment hook, beaded border, central boss on triangular panel with zoomorphic elements around. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex property of a UK gentleman.
Literature
See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion.
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