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LOT 1200
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Chip-Carved Quatrefoil Mount
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.6 grams, 26 mm).
A gilt copper-alloy quatrefoil mount with concentric ornamental gilt chip-carved squares to the central section, raised central cell containing a fragment of a polished garnet or other stone; two mounting lugs to the reverse, together with a collector's identification number: 'M5437'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Literature
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, for discussion; item 1.4.5-q, for similar juxtaposition of plain and detailed gilded surfaces; Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, plate 29(b), for similar placement of garnet studs in gilt-bronze surfaces.
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