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LOT 1795
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Mouse-Headed Pin
8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (4.69 grams, 42 mm).
Short shank with integral beast-head finial, pricked ears, pierced at the base to accept a securing thread or chain.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.96-7, fig.69e-f.
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LOT 1795
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Mouse-Headed Pin
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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