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AN ANGLO-SAXON SILVER-GILT MOUNT
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
The diamond-shaped chip-carved plate decorated with a central animal with 'serrated' back, curling round, its tail tapering into interlacing scrollwork, pierced at one end
1½ in. (3.9 cm.) long
8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
The diamond-shaped chip-carved plate decorated with a central animal with 'serrated' back, curling round, its tail tapering into interlacing scrollwork, pierced at one end
1½ in. (3.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Found in North Lincolnshire, September 1997.