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Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With a round-section penannular body with expanding terminals; the upper face with punched dot motifs and herringbone pattern to the flaring terminals. 14.6 grams, 61 mm
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Including cosmetic tweezers with pointillé detailing; strap-end with silver inlay, hooked clothes fastener and other items. 28 grams total, 20-66 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising an elongated plate with longitudinal split and rivet, animal-head decoration to the narrow end; openwork scrolled tendril motif developing to a sinuous beast. 9.38 grams, 54 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007, item 36.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part 2, Finds Research Group datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2007, item 36.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Pentagonal mount with central hole, vestigial ledge to the reverse, low-relief addorsed dragon-head motif; apex lobe absent; Williams's Class A Type 1. 21 grams, 47 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, 2010.
Cf.Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 10, and 386, for type.
Found Wiltshire, UK, 2010.
Cf.Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 10, and 386, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Openwork mount with raven's head surrounded by a flange rim with scroll detailing. 6.23 grams, 31 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.
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Tongue-shaped strap end with openwork ornament in Winchester Style, with bar pierced for attachment. 21.9 grams, 53 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Anglia, UK.
See Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-ends 750-1100, Finds Research Group Datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2008.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Anglia, UK.
See Thomas, G., Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Strap-ends 750-1100, Finds Research Group Datasheet 33, Sleaford, 2008.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising a penannular shank and square plaque, pointillé bands to the shoulders, two linear figures holding a cross in their conjoined hands; possibly matrimonial. 11.14 grams, 25.70 mm overall, 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Disc brooch with low-relief Borre style looped tendrils motif; catch broken and disc pierced for use as a pendant. 8.76 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1692.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1692.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising the canine tooth of a wolf or large dog, with silver filigree collar and suspension loop. 15.5 grams, 56 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LVIII, item 10.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LVIII, item 10.
Including hooked tags, chatelaine, tweezers and other items. 80 grams total, 18-68 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
With broad curved blade and pointed chin, broad neck, deep socket with square reverse. 222 grams, 13 cm
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, items 3-4.
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, items 3-4.
With a broad curved blade, narrow neck and hammer extension to the rear; round socket. 324 grams, 19.5 cm
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LII, item 15.
The more common weapons of Finno-Ugrian people were axes commonly found from all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic-Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, as well as axes, spears, flat bows and long bows, while swords were usually imported from Germanic areas, Sweden or from elsewhere Scandinavia, some having often typically Scandinavian animal ornaments, although there are some Finnish made finds too.
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LII, item 15.
The more common weapons of Finno-Ugrian people were axes commonly found from all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic-Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, as well as axes, spears, flat bows and long bows, while swords were usually imported from Germanic areas, Sweden or from elsewhere Scandinavia, some having often typically Scandinavian animal ornaments, although there are some Finnish made finds too.
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