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LOT 1729
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Interlace
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.8 grams, 19 mm).
Disc mount with three-band guilloche, central cell with waffle-pattern gold foil insert. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
The central cell was intended to contain a cloison or cabochon garnet, now absent, through which the gold foil would shimmer with reflected light.
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