Viking Gilt-Bronze Trefoil Brooch

9TH-10TH CENTURY AD

2" (37 grams, 53mm).

A cast trefoil brooch with pelletted border, discoid central boss and knotwork; slightly dished in profile, catchplate and pin-lug to the reverse.

Provenance

Found Saxby, Lincolnshire, UK, in 1978.

Literature

Cf. Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.5-a.

CONDITION

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LOT 0455

Viking Gilt-Bronze Trefoil Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,783

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