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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Interlace Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Interlace Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Interlace
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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]

Provenance

Found Essex, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Footnotes

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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LOT 1729

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Mount with Interlace

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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