Miniature drum-shaped vessel with strap handle, beaded wire bands to top and bottom of sidewall, filigree loop ornament. 2.02 grams, 18 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.

Comprising a rectangular die with thick border, recess with Style I beast ornament; plain reverse. 5.9 grams, 21 mm

Found near Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Cf. Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, pl.17, for similar examples.

With triangular section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, rounded socket. 487 grams, 16.5 cm

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14, item 3; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table V, items 16, 17, 20.

With broad disc bezel and shank formed from two lateral arms; low-relief central ring with pseudo-text in the tondo. 1.63 grams, 18.43 mm overall, 16.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)

Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2010.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Cf. Hadjadj, R., Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 313, for type.

Comprising: heater shield stud; bone dress pin; ring brooch with pin. 11.37 grams total, 23-66 mm

Found various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.

With a D-section hoop showing an old repair; discoid bezel with linear decoration. 3.53 grams, 18.95 mm overall, 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)

UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Including belt buckles, a purse bar, thimbles, belt mounts and other items. 493 grams total, 1.2-12.4 cm

Found various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.

Group of three heater-shaped weights, each with a saltire motif to the obverse. 1.24 kg total, 41-73 mm

Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.

Comprising: a large square type with bevelled edges, low-relief compass motif; smaller square with knotwork motif. 338 grams total, 23-52 mm

Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.

Bifacial hollow-formed pendant with garnet cabochons set in a cell of laminated gold granulation. 2.15 grams, 11 mm

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.

Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card.

Ball-shaped with broad securing loop, keyhole to obverse; abraded; German manufacture. 35 grams, 47 mm

Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.

With D-section hoop, tapering shoulders, sub rectangular bezel with reserved capital 'I' between fronds beneath a crown. 8.33 grams, 26.84 mm overall, 20.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.

Cf. Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D., The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 133, for type.