The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT, United Kingdom
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LOT 2707:
Anglo-Saxon Silver Tag with Beast
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Start price:
£
162
Estimated price :
$180 - $240
Buyer's Premium: 30%
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Anglo-Saxon Silver Tag with Beast
8th-9th century AD
A silver triangular strap tag with decorated surface; Trewhiddle style beast to the central field with contorted s-shaped body within a billeted border; three circular perforations to the upper field; bifurcated to the apex to form the remains two hooks. 4 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition.
Provenance
Found Essex, UK, before 1997; disclaimed by the crown in 2008.
Published
Hammond, B. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010.
Literature
Cf. West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, p.137, no.27.
Footnotes
Tags of this kind were attached to the ends of winingas or coiled lower-leg coverings where the hooks were used to secure the tight wrapping of the fabric.
