AN ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE MOUNT IN THE FORM OF A CROSS
AN ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE MOUNT IN THE FORM OF A CROSS

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AN ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE MOUNT IN THE FORM OF A CROSS
LATE 8TH CENTURY A.D.
Decorated with chip-carved interlacing scrollwork and a broad plain border with rivet holes for attachment
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Found in Oxfordshire, September 1997.

Lot Essay

Cf. L. Webster and J. Backhouse (eds.), The Making of England: Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, The British Museum, London, 1991, p. 142, no. 107a and pp. 117-120, nos. 113-117 for mounts from Co. Meath, Perthshire and Norway with similar decoration; and D. M. Wilson, Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum, I, London, 1964, pp. 192-193, pls XXXVIII-XXXIX, nos 105-107 for three octofoil mounts from Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire.

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