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LOT 1536
Saxon Silver Attachment Fragment
9TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (24.1 grams, 51 mm).
Comprising: a portion of a discoid mount with high-relief cross, the arms decorated with Trewhiddle Style animals and with notched edges, hole to the centre; lobe to the edge attached with a rivet to two rectangular straps, one extending for 34mm and the other broken off and folded to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Literature
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 246 (a,b), for type.
Footnotes
The piece has the appearance of hack-silver in the light of the rough treatment it has received and the breakages.
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