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LOT 0263

Anglo-Saxon Red and Yellow Enamelled Interlace Mount

7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (6.65 grams, 29 mm).

A rectangular copper-alloy mount with a slightly curved profile, the upper face with a yellow-enamelled interlaced knot against a red-brown enamelled field; Hiberno-Saxon workmanship.

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 112, 131, 132, for type.

Footnotes

It is likely that this is a mount from a house-shrine or similar piece of ecclesiastical equipment with studs to the underside and a hole at each end to accept a rivet.

CONDITION

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LOT 0263

Anglo-Saxon Red and Yellow Enamelled Interlace Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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