£1,250
Copy of the 'Alfred Jewel' silver gilt having polychrome enamel medieval male figure beneath teardrop glass panel, the bearded pierced border inscribed 'Aelfred Mec Heh Gewrcan' (Alfred Ordered Me to be Made), the reverse with scroll engraving and scale decoration, filigree beast terminal, 6.5cm long, in velvet lined and satin case from Payne & Sons Goldsmiths, London, with label to reverse inscribed 'The Oxford Facsimile of King Alfred's Jewel made by Payne & Son Goldsmiths, Oxford 1901' (Alfred Millenary Year), signed W E Payne, number of copies SG38
The original jewel in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford refers to Alfred, King of Wessex 871-899
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