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LOT 1760
Saxon and Viking Bronze Artefact Group
6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 2 in. (45 grams total, 23-50 mm).
Comprising: a stirrup mount; two fragments of footplate, each from a cruciform brooch; bronze fitting (from a harp?) with addorsed beast-heads. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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