Saxon Period Bronze and Lead Artefact Collection

6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 - 1 3/4 in. (66.2 grams total, 20-46 mm).

Comprising: two lead spindle whorls, one biconvex and the other plano-convex; a bronze buckle plate with niello detailing; a fragment of a mount with low-relief knotwork ornament; a bronze strap end with inlaid silver ornament, stylised beast-head finial. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market.
The strap end from Lincolnshire, 1970s.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 1402