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LOT 1737
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal with Face Mask
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (7.8 grams, 33 mm).
Formed as a T-shaped finial from a florid cruciform brooch, with facing mask and pellet eyes, lateral bird-head lappets, pelta-shaped panel below; attachment lug to reverse and old collector's inked number '84.144'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
From an important old Mayfair collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, pl.152 (6), for type.
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LOT 1737
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal with Face Mask
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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