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Anglo-Saxon Ornate Glass Bead Anglo-Saxon Ornate Glass Bead Anglo-Saxon Ornate Glass Bead
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LOT 1855

Anglo-Saxon Ornate Glass Bead

CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (6.4 grams, 19 mm).

Biconvex in profile with marvered blue and yellow trails in a herringbone pattern. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Suffolk, UK.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, circa 2009.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Accompanied by an old handwritten dealer's ticket.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

See Brugmann, B., Glass Beads from Early Anglo-Saxon Graves, Oxford, 2004.

CONDITION
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LOT 1855

Anglo-Saxon Ornate Glass Bead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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