Anglo-Saxon Gilt-Bronze Cruciform Mount

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (19.8 grams, 31 mm).

With a mounting stud at each corner; parcel-gilt surface with central reserved square filled with red enamel; cruciform motif, a scaphoid cell at each corner with red enamel fill, four interstitial panels with chip-carved Style I ornament.

Provenance

Found near Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK, circa 2012.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11892-204383.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, pl.23(10) and pl.52 (11,12).

Footnotes

The use of enamel is unusual in early Anglo-Saxon contexts, except in parts of East Anglia where it may have been preferred as an alternative to garnet cloisonné.

CONDITION

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