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'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head 'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head 'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head 'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head 'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head 'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head
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LOT 0265

'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (23.7 grams, 48 mm).

A bronze bowl mount or escutcheon comprising a discoid panel with gently curved profile and zoomorphic hook; the panel with reserved La Tène comma-leaf decoration on a pounced field (intended to receive enamel fill); the hook with median gusset to the outer face, horse-head finial, bulbous La Tène ornament at the base.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Pershore, Worcestershire, West Midlands, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.WAW-BC2657.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 47.19, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0265

'The Pershore' Anglo-Saxon Hanging Bowl Mount with Horse-Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150

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