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LOT 1739
Saxon Bronze Pin Set Pin Head
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (8.64 grams, 48 mm).
Flat-section disc with central hole, two bands of incised ring-and-dot motifs; chipped at junction with pin. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, items 184, 185, for more elaborate examples.
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