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LOT 1454
Saxon and Other Bronze Strap End Collection
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 in. (54.6 grams total, 34-51 mm).
Comprising mainly Thomas's Class A Types 1, 2 and 5, many with silver inlay and niello; two tongue-shaped types. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
See Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 1, Finds Research Group datasheet 32, Sleaford, 2007.
Footnotes
Thomas' Class A is the classic ‘long’ 9th-century strap end with animal-head terminal, often depicted in the Trewhiddle style. During the 9th century, for the first time in the Anglo-Saxon period, we see the adoption of what may be termed a 'national' artistic style - the Trewhiddle style - which has been recognised on objects from Anglo-Saxon England, from as far as Cornwall and Talnotrie, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.
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