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Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Mount with Interlaced Panels Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Mount with Interlaced Panels Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Mount with Interlaced Panels
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LOT 0264

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Mount with Interlaced Panels

CIRCA 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (9.98 grams, 28 mm).

A gilt copper-alloy mount composed of a broad annular body with slightly domed profile, the body quartered with each cell displaying a chip-carved interlace motif configured A:B:A:B; rim, edges and central cell with raised rim; rivet and flat-section mounting bar to reverse.

Provenance

Found UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. similar detailed interlace quadrants in Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, p.91.

Footnotes

The item was originally conceived as an appliqué with central cell probably containing a cabochon garnet or meerschaum disc. At some point later a bar was added across the reverse with the ends of the rivets interrupting the surface design.

CONDITION
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LOT 0264

Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Mount with Interlaced Panels

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240

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