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LOT 1748
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
PRE-VIKING BRONZE PROTO BOAR'S HEAD BROOCH
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (15.4 grams, 46 mm).
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (15.4 grams, 46 mm).
Formed as a keeled sub-triangular plaque, convex in profile with bulbs on the flanks extending to a short rounded projection; integral catchplate to reverse and remains of ferrous pin. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired early 2000s.
East Anglia, UK, collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.5.
FOOTNOTES:
This form of brooch developed from Scandinavian Iron Age forms of bow brooch with crossbar, bow and footplate; it later evolved into the standard form of boar-head brooch.
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