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LOT 0267
Anglo-Saxon Red Enamelled Mount with Interlace
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.23 grams, 27 mm).
A bronze lozenge-shaped mount with slightly convex profile displaying a quartered geometric motif of crosses composed of knotwork circles, all within a square frame and with a notched outer border; surviving traces of red enamelling within the cells; pierced rectangular mounting lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Literature
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.6-w, for similar design.
Footnotes
The pierced attachment lug is typical of plates attached to horse-harness and similar leather items.
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