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LOT 1418

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

GERMANIC SILVER PENDANT AND MIXED BEAD NECKLACE
7TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
14 1/8 in. (54 grams, 36 cm long).

Composed of restrung blue and amber glass oblate-shaped beads, interspersed with collared silver biconical beads; the necklace featuring four pendants: two Roman silver denarii with applied suspension loops; two polished rock crystal pendants set in a decorative silver frame; a floral pendant with central red glass cabochon, irregular cells to the outer edge for glass inserts of which two are still in situ. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1960.
From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s.

CONDITION
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