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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,265
(Bronze, 85 grams, 14 cm.).
Circa 6th century AD. A large cast bronze cruciform brooch with rectangular headplate, T-shaped lateral plates, half-round knop with bird-head detailing; the bow deep and tapering; the footplate with bird-head lappets; the finial in the form of a stylized horse-head with T-shaped extension and bird-head terminals; catchplate and ferrous accretion on the reverse.
PROVENANCE:
Roger Geary collection; found Blaxhall, Suffolk on 6th October 2001 during a rally; recorded with Norwich Castle Museum.
LITERATURE:
See MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Materials), Ashmolean Museum.
FOOTNOTES:
An unusual form with restrained use of zoomorphic elements on the headplate and fully evolved horse-head finial on the footplate.
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