Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Head with Animals

7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (4.38 grams, 37 mm).

Comprising a flat discoid head and narrow round-section shank; the head with low-relief cruciform design, zoomorphic scroll in each spandrel and central piercing to accept a stud. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.

Literature

Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 184.

CONDITION

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LOT 1769