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LOT 1751
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE DRESS PIN HEAD
8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.67 grams, 33 mm).
8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.67 grams, 33 mm).
Fragment of a discoid pin-head with openwork cross detailing and Insular Style interlace radiating from a central boss. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57994.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 184, for full set.
FOOTNOTES:
Dress pins of this type were worn in sets of three connected with chains or thongs.
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