Saxon And Other Bronze Zoomorphic Strap End Collection

8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 - 1 3/4 in. (50 grams total, 32-45 mm).

Pierced for rivets for mounting; mostly Thomas's Class A (Types 1,2,5) Class B (Type 2) with interlace or geometric schemes; with an appliqué mount with facing mask and hood ending in bird-heads. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1476