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LOT 1910

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

ANGLO-SAXON GILT-BRONZE BUTTON BROOCH
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (20.9 grams total, 98 mm including satand).

Gilt disc brooch of Avent & Evison's Class Ai with carinated inner border and mask, pin-lug and catch to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Kai Schmidt, Cologne, Germany, 1960s-1980s.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00086755.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I., Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, p.78.

CONDITION
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