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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch
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LOT 1338

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch

6TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (37 grams, 87 mm).

Decorated with punched dot-in-ring ornament to the head- and footplate, gently carinated bow with simple incised lines, the pelta-shaped foot forming addorsed bird heads; pin lug and catchplate to reverse.

Provenance

Cambridgeshire collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1964,0702.187, for similar; MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.62.

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LOT 1338

Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small-Long Brooch

Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)

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