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LOT 1374
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
SAXON BRONZE SWORD SCABBARD PYRAMID MOUNT
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (4.76 grams, 17 mm).
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (4.76 grams, 17 mm).
Garnet inlay to top face and one side face, the latter with hatched foil backing and set against a white meerschaum(?) field; three cells empty; rectangular recess to the underside with a median bar. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
LITERATURE:
See Menghin, W,. Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, pp.150-1.
FOOTNOTES:
The mount had to slide on a strap as part of the suspension mechanism for the scabbard.
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