LOT 69 ANGLO-SAXON GOLD AESTEL POINTER WITH FILIGREE CROSS (PUBLISHED)
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Ca.700 AD. Anglo- Saxon piriform gold Æstel with D-section domed upper plate, beaded wire borders, applied beaded wire bands to the neck, central lobed cross with roundel and scrolls; holes to the neck to secure an organic rod. Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, items 258, 259, 260. Æstel is the Old English name for a pointer used in reading, conventionally a wooden or ivory rod with a durable metal fitting. King Alfred of Wessex (Alfred the Great) sent an æstel to each of the bishops of his kingdom to accompany a copy of the newly-translated text of Pope Gregory I's Regula Pastoralis. The Alfred Jewel may have been made as a high-status version of the same object type. The disc with petals design features on the nativity scene of the later 8th-early 9th century Franks Casket above the three magi. Fine Condition; H:44mm/W:26mm; 16.5gr; Published in Treasure Hunting Magazine, July 2918, page 75, fig. 10. Provenance: Previously with a London Auction house; consigned by a prestigious gallery; initially from a private German collection formed in the 1990s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity.
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