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Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal
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LOT 1756

Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal

6TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (28.3 grams, 57 mm).

Fragment from the foot with trapezoidal plain panel, lateral avian heads and pelta-shaped panel of Style I zoomorphs; remains of catch rib to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Lincolnshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.39, for type;

CONDITION
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LOT 1756

Massive Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Cruciform Brooch Terminal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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