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LOT 0351
'The Kelling' Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Jewelled Ball Pinhead
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (18.9 grams, 35 mm).
Hollow-formed spherical terminal with five radiating kops each with applied filigree scrolls, similar band to the junction with the shank; eight cells each with a recess for a glass stud (five absent).
Provenance
Found near Kelling, Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57992.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12286-221758.
Literature
See Margeson, S., Ball-Headed Pins: A Typological Puzzle in East Anglian Studies: Essays Presented to J.C. Baringer on his Retirement August 30, 1995, Norwich, 1995.
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LOT 0351
'The Kelling' Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Jewelled Ball Pinhead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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