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LOT 1356

Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Collection

CIRCA 6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 1 1/2 in. (25.4 grams total, 15-39 mm).

Comprising: a bucket pendant; tweezers; fragmentary pin with punch-decorated facetted finial; mount displaying a lion's head; together with other pendants. [6, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

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LOT 1356

Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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