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LOT 0268
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Bird's Wing-Whorl Mount
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.28 grams, 26 mm).
A gilt copper-alloy circular mount decorated with a chip-carved whorl composed of four stylised bird's wings radiating from a central knop; four mounting lugs to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
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Fine condition.
Found Hertfordshire, UK. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Benet's Artefacts of England & the United Kingdom pages where it is published.
