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LOT 0684
Roman to Tudor Bronze Artefact Group
2ND-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 5/8 in. (38.7 grams total, 23-42 mm).
Comprising: a heart-shaped mount with a central lion-head; a rectangular mount with decorative border in low-relief; a horse head modelled in the round; an oval silver pendant with S and stars; hooked tag with ring-and-dot motifs. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
For a similar hooked tag of the early Medieval period see PAS NLM-0E59DC and NLM-0E0E3D.
FootnotesThe use of hooked tags for fastening first became fashionable during the Anglo-Saxon period. They are usually triangular or circular in shape, of sheet metal (normally bronze or occasionally in silver) and have two or three attachment holes at the widest end.
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