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LOT 1378

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE SQUARE-HEADED BROOCH
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (7.05 grams, 42.53 mm).

Of miniature classic form, the headplate having a billeted border and a series of crescentic punchmarks around three sides; three reserved-cross punchmarks complete the headplate design, plain and carinated bow, lozengiform footplate shares the crescentic punch-mark design; two dot-punched lappets spring from the base of the bow and join the footplate, pin lug and catchplate to reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection.
Ex UK art market.

FOOTNOTES:
Cf. MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, p.121, item 14.1.

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