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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Boars Head Stirrup Mount")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup mount of Williams' Class A, Type 8; formed as a boar's head with stylised detailing; the mount is sub-triangular in plan displaying one head at the apex and two heads below, decoration comprising looping and bifurcating tendrils; shallow ledge to the reverse and three perforations for mounting. 23.3 grams, 55 mmFine condition, traces of strap to the reverse.
Found near Snargate, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no. KENT-D935E8.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 130, for type.
Found near Snargate, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no. KENT-D935E8.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 130, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A group of four silver rings, each composed of a tapering, lentoid-section hoop, arms overlapping and coiling at the bezel. 13.4 grams total, 29-33 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.112.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.112.
A slender silver child's bracelet, composed of a decoratively twisted round-section hoop with overlapping terminals, one formed with a stylised bee or other winged insect. 1.91 grams, 55 mm high
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A discoid silver pendant decoratively stamped with blank triangles, triangles containing trefoil pellets and annulets containing pellets; ribbed tubular suspension loop; Latvian workmanship. 11.8 grams, 55 mm
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIX (17), for type.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIX (17), for type.
A group of three silver rings each formed as a hoop with the ends twisted round the shank. 6.53 grams total, 13-23 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.112.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A copper-alloy torc with a tapering round-section body composed of decoratively twisted bars, terminals forming loops and coiled collars. 63 grams, 13 cm wide
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A trio of silver axehead pendants of different forms, each suspended on a free-running silver ring with overlapping and coiled arms; two decorated with punched annulets to one face, a third with punched triangles populated with single pellets. 8.93 grams total, 32-34 mmFine condition, usage wear.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(5).
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(5).
A bronze equal-arm brooch of Aargård Type III A, with central lozenge, symmetrical scooped flanges with low-relief geometric ornament and trefoil finial, raised circular sockets, remains of ferrous pin to the reverse with lugs and catch, copper-alloy suspension ring attached to a loop to one pierced socket. 21.5 grams, 79 mmFine condition.
Acquired before 1960.
From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s.
See Aargaard, G.B., Gleivasrmige Spangen in Arwidsson, G. (ed.), Systemastische Analysen der Graberfunde Birka II:2, Stockholm, 1986; Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, item 3.50.
Acquired before 1960.
From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s.
See Aargaard, G.B., Gleivasrmige Spangen in Arwidsson, G. (ed.), Systemastische Analysen der Graberfunde Birka II:2, Stockholm, 1986; Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, item 3.50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A silver hair ring of coiled form, composed of a roughly round-section body with tapering, rounded terminals. 8.16 grams, 15 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
See Griciuviene, E., Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005 p.184.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
See Griciuviene, E., Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005 p.184.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
A penannular silver bracelet with tapering terminals, twisted bar body. 49 grams, 71 mm
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
A silver crescent pendant with applied rim, recurved suspension loop with granule, three applied granules and curved band to the field; Slavic workmanship. 3.94 grams, 26 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1991,1003.2.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1991,1003.2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A sub-rectangular silver pendant with ribbed suspension loop at the apex, the front face decorated with a repoussé disc, surrounded by stamped triangles and annulets; Latvian workmanship. 7.31 grams, 52 mm
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (16), for type.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (16), for type.
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