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Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Button Brooch Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Button Brooch Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Button Brooch
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LOT 1910

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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LOT 1910

Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Button Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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