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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
.jpg "Viking Age Bronze Openwork Ring")
Composed of an expanded bezel decorated with circlets and triangles; part of hoop absent. 3.81 grams, 22.11 mm overall, 18.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
London art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
London art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Together with suspension loops and including examples with pendants. 196 grams total, 14-22 cm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Within a filigree border; suspension loop above. 2.6 grams, 32 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Roesdahl, E., Wilson D.M., From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800 to 1200 (22nd Council of Europe Exhibition), Copenhagen, 1992, for a similar pendant in the famous great Gnezdovo hoard, p.20.
In the Gnezdovo Hoard, 46 beads of sheet silver, most with granulation of Slav character, others with filigree, were part of one of the greatest Viking treasure found in the East. The jewellery, most of Scandinavian or Slav character, show the great mix of style and decoration which ornamented the dress and the garments of the Vikings in the East.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Roesdahl, E., Wilson D.M., From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800 to 1200 (22nd Council of Europe Exhibition), Copenhagen, 1992, for a similar pendant in the famous great Gnezdovo hoard, p.20.
In the Gnezdovo Hoard, 46 beads of sheet silver, most with granulation of Slav character, others with filigree, were part of one of the greatest Viking treasure found in the East. The jewellery, most of Scandinavian or Slav character, show the great mix of style and decoration which ornamented the dress and the garments of the Vikings in the East.
Comprising a hoop formed from overlapping arms and plaited bezel embellished with slender twisted wire thread. 6.60 grams, 26.91 mm overall, 19.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 2011,8022.1 and 1921,1101.375, for comparable rings in gold.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 2011,8022.1 and 1921,1101.375, for comparable rings in gold.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Featuring a slightly domed face, Borre style interlace design; pin-lugs, catchplate and attachment loop to the reverse. 7.75 grams, 26 mm
Found Dragonby, Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Found Dragonby, Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Punched ring-and-dot motifs to two faces of the facetted head. 2.6 grams, 62 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
The central section with domed upper face, punched geometric and interlace detailing; integral suspension loop. 16.5 grams, 56 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Composed of an openwork body with suspension loop, additional serpentine zoomorphs forming the frame. 22.1 grams, 62 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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The hoop formed from overlapping arms. 7.54 grams, 26.22 mm overall, 17.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Comprising: a portion of a discoid mount with high-relief cross, the arms decorated with Trewhiddle Style animals and with notched edges, hole to the centre; lobe to the edge attached with a rivet to two rectangular straps, one extending for 34mm and the other broken off and folded to the rear. 24.1 grams, 51 mm
UK private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 246 (a,b), for type.
The piece has the appearance of hack-silver in the light of the rough treatment it has received and the breakages.
UK private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 246 (a,b), for type.
The piece has the appearance of hack-silver in the light of the rough treatment it has received and the breakages.
Composed of a slender hoop and expanded decorative bezel. 10.86 grams, 29.07 mm overall, 19.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.242, for broad type, in copper-alloy.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.242, for broad type, in copper-alloy.
Composed of a convex cutting edge, tapering cheeks with bearded lower edge and an oval-shaped socket with lozengiform flanges and roughly rectangular extensions to the butt, hole inside the blade. 567 grams, 15.5 cm
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1).
Iron axeheads of this typology, diffused especially in the regions of the Baltic Sea where they were imported from Scandinavia, show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre. They are characterised by two projections spurs from the top and the bottom of the back of the shaft-hole.
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1).
Iron axeheads of this typology, diffused especially in the regions of the Baltic Sea where they were imported from Scandinavia, show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre. They are characterised by two projections spurs from the top and the bottom of the back of the shaft-hole.
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