VIKING / SAXON SILVER-GILT ZOOMORPHIC MOUNT 8th century AD A cast elliptical plaque, hollow to the reverse, with openwork design of two ravens pecking at the underside of a beast's head, with an inverted beast's head below, pierced. 5.56 grams, 30 mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Ex Continental collection; acquired Germany, in 1994. Literature Cf. stylistic parallels in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, p.89 and Tassilokalkstil on p.29.
VIKING / SAXON SILVER-GILT ZOOMORPHIC MOUNT 8th century AD A cast elliptical plaque, hollow to the reverse, with openwork design of two ravens pecking at the underside of a beast's head, with an inverted beast's head below, pierced. 5.56 grams, 30 mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. Provenance Ex Continental collection; acquired Germany, in 1994. Literature Cf. stylistic parallels in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, p.89 and Tassilokalkstil on p.29.
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