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LOT 0347
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pyramid Scabbard Mount
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.72 grams, 20 mm).
Hollow-formed pyramidal mount with dense Insular Style knotwork design in low relief. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57993.
Literature
See Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, for discussion.
Footnotes
The decoration of this mount probably dates it to the 8th century which is very late for this type of artefact. The lack of a transverse bar to the underside suggests that this item may have been a cover or cap for a more functional form of boss.
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