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LOT 1739
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Gusset Plate with Ravens
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (8.41 grams, 43 mm).
Formed as a slender triangle with slightly concave sides terminating in a stylised beast's head with roundel eyes and a square muzzle; raised median band with dome and scrolled ends forming avian heads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen: Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of the Third to Sixth Centuries AD. Typology, Diffusion and Function, Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 1993.
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