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LOT 1704

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Wrist Clasp

450-570 A.D.

1 5/8 in. (6.69 grams, 43 mm).

Rectangular in plan with six vandykes to the trailing edge, hook beneath the forward edge, transverse grooves flanking a panel of Salin's Style I ornament (Tiermensch). [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK, in 2019.
From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-DDC0C9.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Hines, J., Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, Stockholm, 1993, Form B18a.

CONDITION

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LOT 1704

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Wrist Clasp

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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