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Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,106
6TH CENTURY AD
1 1/4" (31 grams, 33-34 mm).
A matched pair of saucer brooches each with central boss and four recurved legs within a raised rim; outside, a band of zigzags and raised chamfered rim; the rim broad and everted; to the reverse, catchplate and ferrous lump from the pin. [2]
PROVENANCE:
From an old Canadian collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) items 2.36, 2.37, 2.38.
FOOTNOTES:
Saucer brooches are a Saxon dress accessory, normally worn by females in pairs at the shoulders to fasten a peplos-style dress. The present design with central running-legs motif is found on several examples from Oxfordshire (Cassington, Abingdon, Brighthampton) in the Asmolean Museum.
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