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LOT 1208
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
FRANKISH GILT CHIP-CARVED SCABBARD MOUNT WITH GARNETS
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (11.8 grams, 44 mm).
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (11.8 grams, 44 mm).
A gilt copper-alloy mount or scabbard-slider (Menghin's Typ IIIa Basel-Gotterbarmweg-Entringen) comprising three horizontal rectangular cells to the upper, middle and lower third of the body, each with gilt frame and set with a polished garnet cloison; the interstitial bridges with gilt ribbing; iron remains to verso. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Menghin, W., Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, p.155.
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