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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Dress Pin Head Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Dress Pin Head Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Dress Pin Head
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LOT 1751

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Dress Pin Head

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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1751

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Dress Pin Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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