With ovoid loop and integral buckle-plate, coiled wire tongue; loop with segmented frame, and bear-head motif to forward edge; plate with narrow neck developing to a male mask with broad flaring moustache, snub nose and lentoid eyes; fixing lugs to reverse. 35.13 grams, 75.36 mm



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

Featuring a wide penannular body with rounded finials, the upper face divided into two fields with rich stamped decoration comprising ring-and-dot and triangular motifs. 43.11 grams, 74.13 mm



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

Comprising an integral suspension loop; the openwork plaque with banded border and panels, internal stylised zoomorph with hatched panel to the hip, gripping three-fingered hands to the body and border, two detailed feet, clearly visible facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes. 8.69 grams, 40 mm



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

Discoid with applied filigree looped bands, granules and other detailing; cleaned and polished. 4.99 grams, 38 mm



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

Cruciform hollow pendant with applied interlaced granulation to the obverse, filigree borders and scrolled interlaced 'face' design on the suspension bar. 3.62 grams, 31 mm



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

With integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks; Kipplingeberg type. 3.81 grams, 23 mm



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

A female in floor-length robe holding a shield in her right hand and spear in her left, stylised headdress, pointillé detailing; pierced lug to the reverse. 7.57 grams, 42.5 mm



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

Comprising an amethyst bead with stamped conical disc above and below, suspension pin through centre with ring and loop above. 18.93 grams, 55 mm including loop



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

A glazed hollow ceramic egg with a hole to the underside and a smaller pellet inside; regular, dragged yellow lines to the outer face. 30.4 grams, 41 mm



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

These eggs are usually assigned to Kievan Rus workmanship, but in fact, they were found in a wider geographical area. They are thought to represent an early form of a popular Orthodox tradition of painted eggs, or 'pysanka', popular during the Easter holiday as a symbol of resurrection. However, the symbolism may be pre-Christian, with a connection to an idea of a Cosmic Egg, from which the world was created.

Miniature drum-shaped vessel covered in filigree bobbles with strap handle. 0.78 grams, 13.52 mm



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

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 quantity of dirhem and other silver coins, cut into halves, quarters and irregular fragments; a quantity of square-section and other cast bars. 275 grams total, 1.2-10.2 cm



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

Openwork handle depicting confronted birds of prey flanking a crouching figure, facing, on a band of pellets; iron striking face below. 25.83 grams, 58 mm



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