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LOT 1671
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Lozenge-Shaped Plate Brooch
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (4.5 grams, 49 mm).
Plate brooch with integral catch and stub of the pin to one end; border enclosing a dense panel of 'Mercian Style' foliage in high-relief with central stud nd saltire. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
LiteratureCf. a similar lozengiform brooch in the collection of Market Hall Museum, Warwick under Accession no. 53/11726; Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, p.44-5.
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