7th-8th century AD. A gilt bronze mount formed as a rectangular panel with gold filigree decoration in the Insular style; lappet to each side, formed as gilded spiral cells; upper and lower terminals formed as cabochon settings, one with blue glass insert remaining. Cf. Backhouse, J. Turner, D.H. & Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, London, 1984, p.229-31, item 187(e) and cf. Cramp. R. Grammar of Anglo-Saxon Ornament, Oxford, 1984, p.xxxii. 1.18 grams, 21.94mm (3/4"). From an old English collection formed in the 1980s. The interlace is reminiscent of the decoration on the outer rim of the largest brooch in the 8th century Pentney hoard, though lacking the zoomorphic element. [No Reserve]