Heater-shaped plate with central stud, kidney-shaped loop, large tongue of carinated profile with animal-head finial. 63.5 grams, 66 mm

English collection, early 2000s.
Ex central London gallery.

Composed of a penannular body with expanded terminals, possibly later flattened. 39.2 grams, 61 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Composed of an openwork body adorned with bulbs, bar and loop above. 4.9 grams, 35 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

With stamped triangle and pellets to each face, curled suspension loop and silver-wire ring. 2.74 grams, 39 mm

Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 126(5), for type.

Each composed of a domed ovoid body with chased lozenges and geometric motifs, five projecting studs in cruciform arrangement; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 141 grams total, 71 mm each

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme LON-F2F201 and for similar brooches published by see Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, London, 2018, pp.102-104.

These brooches are usually found on the breast of Viking women in grave excavations. Two oval brooches on the upper chest represent the pinafore dress worn by the Viking women, decorated with zoomorphic or geometric ornaments.

Composed of a flat-section discoid body, pierced lobe for suspension, central pellet, four smaller pellets around and band to the border, eight lozenge stamps each with four pellets. 1.94 grams, 23 mm

Private UK collection before 2014.

Including openwork and bifacial examples, each decorated with a different design and a suspension loop. 29 grama total, 33-42 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

A silver pendant formed as a miniature bucket with applied filigree bands to the strap handle and body. 2.57 grams, 24 mm

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.

See Khrapunov, I. and Stylegar, F.A., Inter Ambo Maria, Contacts between Scandinavia and the Crimea in the Roman Period, Бажан И, А., Каргапольцев С, Ю, 1989, Об одной категории украшений-амулетов римского времени в Восточной Европе, СА, No.3; see Meaney, A., Anglo-Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones, Oxford, BAR British Series 96, 1981, p.166-168, for discussion of the type.

Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages.

Comprising a bell-shaped body, slot to the upper end, beast-heads to the lateral edges, median raised rib, scrolled detailing to the lower edge; two rows of punchmarks, each a triangle containing three pellets and a separate pellet to the apex. 24.2 grams, 64 mm

Property of a Yorkshire gentleman; found by his grandfather during ground working in the 1950s; thence by descent.

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 25.6, for type.

Displaying a quatrefoil motif embellished with pellets; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 29.6 grams, 52 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Garnet inlay to top face and one side face, the latter with hatched foil backing and set against a white meerschaum(?) field; three cells empty; rectangular recess to the underside with a median bar. 4.76 grams, 17 mm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

See Menghin, W,. Das Schwert im Frühen Mittelalter, Stuttgart, 1983, pp.150-1.

The mount had to slide on a strap as part of the suspension mechanism for the scabbard.

Composed of nine tiers of round cross-section coils, the terminals tapering to points. 17.88 grams, 22.14 mm overall, 17.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.