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Saxon Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts Saxon Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts Saxon Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts
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LOT 0298

Saxon Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts

5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (3.96 grams, 42 mm).

Flat in section with reeded gilt borders, central knotwork motif; probably a portion of an ornamental mount, with a later applied loop for suspension. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.6(64), for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0298

Saxon Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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