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LOT 1205
Saxon Cruciform Bow Brooch
6TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (32.1 grams, 11 cm).
A bronze cruciform brooch comprising a rectangular headplate with trapezoidal lateral panels, collared knop above, punched pellets to the outer edges, relatively shallow bow, slender footplate with scrolled lappets, transverse ribbing, beast-head finial with trefoil muzzle; pin-lugs and catchplate to reverse.
Provenance
Acquired Munich, Germany, late 1990s.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. West, S. A., Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, pl.146, items 2, 3 and 147, items 12, 13.
Footnotes
The brooch is rather more dainty than the majority of the cruciform types, with a thin bow and small catch to the reverse.
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