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LOT 1629
Saxon Gold Pendant and Necklace Bead Group
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/8 in. (66 grams total, 6-29 mm).
Mixed group including gold-in-glass, melon, oblate, tabular and other types; gold disc pendant with punched pellets to the loop and flan. [50, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
See Down, A. & Welch, M., Chichester Excavations 7: Apple Down and The Mardens, Chichester, 1990, pl.40, for bead types from 5th-6th century Saxon graves in Sussex.
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