8th-9th century AD. A bronze page marker comprising a ribbed spring, square upper arms with punched ring-and-dot ornament, and round-section lower shank with sliding locking-collar, slender T-shaped finials with similar punched decoration. See Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991 for similar. 16 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. Fine condition. Rare.