Tubular body with domed base and filigree handle; applied bands of filigree and braided wire to sidewall and base. 1.43 grams, 14 mm

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

Cf. 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.

Triangular gilt-bronze appliqué with two pierced lugs to the reverse, obverse with three-strand knotwork motif (Style II). 1.56 grams, 22 mm

Found near Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-2C0918.

Penannular with twisted twisted rod shank, tongue-shaped loop finials. 51 grams, 77 mm

Private European collection formed before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XCI (18), for type.

Mixed group of pottery shards including Ipswich Ware and other types. 682 grams total, 33-90 mm

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Sheet gold with integral loop, pelta-shaped blade. 0.09 grams, 7 mm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Large pendant with repoussé ring-and-dot and herringbone ornament; suspension rings with the ends coiled about the shank. 9.05 grams total, 26-50 mm

Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

A Scandinavian pendant of Kipplingeberg type (also widespread in the historical Rus region), with regardant beast and foliage. 3.13 grams, 28 mm

Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.

Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item J.2.02.

A discoid silver pendant with integral loop, openwork regardant Jellinge style beast with tendrils and border. 7.5 grams, 35 mm

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

Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, type J.2.02.

Penannular, round in section with bands of punched points to the shank, snake-head finials. 36.9 grams, 76 mm

Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

Mixed group including gold-in-glass, melon, oblate, tabular and other types; gold disc pendant with punched pellets to the loop and flan. 66 grams total, 6-29 mm

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

See Down, A. & Welch, M., Chichester Excavations 7: Apple Down and The Mardens, Chichester, 1990, pl.40, for bead types from 5th-6th century Saxon graves in Sussex.

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.

Penannular in form with tightly twisted central band, flat finials each with incised hatching. 30 grams, 59 mm

Private European collection formed before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLV(6), for type.