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LOT 1902
Anglo-Saxon Decorated Bronze Tweezers
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (6.06 grams, 61 mm).
With broad triangular blades and narrow returned shank with punched point detailing, wire loop; old collector's ticket 'Saxon site Nr Malton at Scagglethorpe, + Settrington'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Malton, North Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired circa 2009.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by an old handwritten dealer's ticket.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 38.19, for type.
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