Discoid plate with integral suspension loop secured at the reverse, symmetrical design of applied silver filigree and clusters of granules. 3.12 grams, 30 mm

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

Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, pl.5, for type.

Disc pendant with integral loop, applied filigree rim enclosing filigree spirals and granules in a cruciform design. 5.95 grams, 42 mm

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

Voided heart-shaped pendant with integral loop; row of crescents to the arms, two ellipsoid bulbs and knop between. 6.45 grams, 38 mm (27 grams total, 10.1 cm including stand)

Acquired on the London art market, 1994.
Private collection, London.

Lozengiform plaque with applied granules, filigree tendrils and other detailing, central boss, integral loop. 2.18 grams, 33 mm

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

Comprising a lozengiform panel of openwork interlace with pelletted lozenge to the centre, looped beaded tendrils and ribbed suspension bar. 9.97 grams, 48 mm

Private collection, Koenigsberg, Germany.
Private collection, New York, USA.
with Artemis Gallery, 9 February 2021.
Private collection, London.

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl. 100(2), 145, for type.

Ellipsoid in plan, formed as interlaced beasts with central knot and interlaced body parts in Jellinge Style; six piercings to accept mounting rivets; hollow to the underside; mounted on a custom-made stand. 21.17 grams, 57 mm (60.7 grams total, 85 mm including stand)

Acquired on the London art market, 1997.
Private collection, London.

Drinking horn terminal formed as a tubular socket with flange rim, narrow canine head with raised ovoid eyes, open mouth with swept struts, muzzle with flange. 12.6 grams, 42 mm

From the John Hewitt collection (1919-1994).
Ex Sam Fogg, London, UK, dealer in the art of the Middle Ages.
Property of a Canadian collector living in Ontario; acquired 2018.

Supplied with a printed copy of Fornvännen article by Peter Pentz.

Cf. similar find from Oppelstrup, Denmark in Pentz, P., The same but Different. A note on a recently found zoomorphic drinking horn terminal, in Fornvännen, 2020/2, p.83.

D-shaped plaque formed as two birds of prey in profile framing a facing mask; the neck of each bird a band with tremello fill, similar band extending from the bird's head to the sides of the mask and to a crescent panel above; looped tendril fill; reverse with shallow loop and remains of a second; mounted on a custom-made stand. 5.57 grams, 28 mm (31.7 grams total, 89 mm high including stand)

Acquired on the London art market, 1993.
Private collection, London.

Cf. Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B., Fuglen, Dyret og Mennesket i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.2, Borgen, 2005, pls.21, 24, 25, 35, for type.

Openwork interlace plaque with Urnes Style stag and serpent, attachment points at outer edge. 14 grams, 39 mm

Found Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-E92C94.

Cf. Roesdahl, E & Wilson, D., From Viking to Crusader. Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200, Uddevalla, 1992, item 588, for similar example.

The motif of the stag and the serpents is associated especially with Urnes Style objects.

Flat-section with integral facial detailing to the suspension lug, low-relief lattice design to the obverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 6.73 grams, 29 mm (22.2 grams total, 59 mm high including stand)

Private collection, Koenigsberg, Germany.
Private collection, New York, USA.
with Artemis Gallery, 9 February 2021.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12434-226853.

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104.

Miniature drum-shaped vessel with strap handle, beaded wire bands to top and bottom of sidewall, filigree loop ornament. 2.45 grams, 21 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.

With integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks; Kipplingeberg type. 3.38 grams, 21 mm

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

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