Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Purse Mount in the Shape of a Bird of Prey

CIRCA 500-600 A.D.

1 1/2 in. (3.27 grams, 40 mm).

Openwork appliqué comprising a horizontal panel with chip-carved undulating bar, above, the arched neck of a bird with hooked beak and circular cell for the eye, the beak connected to a vertical claw; beneath, body curved into a loop with the leg joining the median panel below the claw, lateral pierced attachment spur; eye with calcareous fill. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Bishopstone, Seaford, Lewes, East Sussex, UK, in 2023.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-33C6E1.

CONDITION

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LOT 1697