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LOT 1827

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Manuscript Page Holder

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (7.08 grams, 55 mm).

Formed as a pair of rectangular plates attached to a tweezer shank with loop and suspension ring, sliding hoop to secure; traces of mineralised fabric to one face [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, for similar.

CONDITION
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LOT 1827

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Manuscript Page Holder

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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