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LOT 1721
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Cat-Faced Stirrup Apex Mount
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (36.1 grams, 38 mm).
Substantial flat mount with loop above, mask formed with lentoid eyes and broad moustache, narrow chin; ledge to rear pierced to accept rivets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. Andersson, G., Gudarnas gård : tre fallosfiguriner från Lunda i Strängnäs socken, Södermanland, in Fornvännen, 2003(98):2, s. [124]-126.
FootnotesThe face bears a strong likeness to that of the Rällinge statuette discovered in Sweden in the early 20th century and believed to represent the god Yngve-Freyr.
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LOT 1721
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Cat-Faced Stirrup Apex Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Viking Age Gilt Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Retaining an articulate pin to reverse and geometric detailing to each face. 37 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Pin Head with Cross
7th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Discoid with reserved central cross between four lentoid panels of reserved knotwork; end of broken shaft; later modified with holes to accept four domed rivets at the apices of the cross (three in situ) and one re-drilled; central mounting hole. 8 grams, 31 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. -
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Silver Wrist Clasp
5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Spiral-coiled wrist-clasp of Hines's Class A with a broad rounded loop to the centre. 5.78 grams, 36 mm
Ex property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.
The spiral-coil type of wrist clasp is the earliest form of an artefact type which became a very popular costume element in especially Norway and the English East Midlands in the early Anglo-Saxon Period. Grave-finds indicate that they were used to secure the cuffs of robes worn by high-status women.
