Provenance
Discovered in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, in 1795.
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992), Carlton, Australia and London, the artist.
The Property of the Late Sir Sidney Nolan; Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Christie's, London, 27 October 1993, lot 94.
Private Collection, U.K.
The Property of a Gentleman; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 3 July 2018, lot 116.
Literature
J. Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, vol. IV, part 1, London, 1810, p. 377, pl. LV, no. 8.
C. Roach Smith, Collectanea Antiqua: Etchings and Notices of Ancient Remains, vol. 2, London, 1852, pp. 167-168, pl. XLII, no. 3.
E. Thurlow Leeds, A Corpus of Early Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, Oxford, 1949, pp. 79, 81, 86, no. 136.
P. Liddle and S. Middleton, "An Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Wigston Magna, Leicestershire," Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society 68, 1994, pp. 65, 68-69, no. 1.
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