Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount Group

CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (11.8 grams total, 15-28 mm).

Comprising: pelta-shaped bridle mount with three-band knotwork ornament to the obverse; lobed finial, possibly from a cruciform mount, with raised border and high-relief Insular Style knotwork. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, items 21, 9, 11, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1621