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LOT 1966
Medieval Silver Jewelled Penannular Brooch Pair
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 - 3 in. (42 grams total, 71-74 mm).
Each a round-section penannular shank ending in disc finials with cell and vertical spurs, inset blue glass cabochons, flat pin coiled around the shank; Baltic type. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.VIII, item 2, for type.
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