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LOT 1628

Anglo-Saxon Bronze 'Knife-Spoon'

7TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

4 3/8 in. (9.77 grams, 11 cm).

Comprising an ovoid-shaped, typical almost flat bowl; round-section short neck with incised collars; flat-section handle with a loop at the end. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector.
From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000.
Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Hammond, Brett, British Artefacts, Volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, pp.106-107, fig.1.16-h.

CONDITION

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LOT 1628

Anglo-Saxon Bronze 'Knife-Spoon'

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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