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LOT 1399

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

LATE ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE ENAMELLED BROOCH WITH CROSS
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.65 grams, 25 mm).

With circular frame enclosing a cloisoné enamel cruciform design in shades of blue and white, six radiating lobes to the rim each with an enamel fill.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, items 1.1.1-h, 1.1.1-i.

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