Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Dragons

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (7.22 grams, 49 mm).

Formed as two opposed beasts issuing from a central panel; each head formed with a large elliptical eye, scrolled decoration to the neck and scrolled surround to the central perforation; collector's id. number '91.420.51' to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1991. From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection. Inventory no.420.51 / cat.91.

Literature

Cf. Campbell, J., The Anglo-Saxons, item 24, decoration of an equal-arm brooch from Haslingfield, Cambridge.

CONDITION

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