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LOT 2155
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Horse Stirrup Apex Mount
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (16.3 grams, 31 mm).
Substantial and slightly curved mount with apex loop partly absent; low-relief mask formed with lentoid eyes and broad moustache, narrow chin; ledge to rear pierced to accept rivets still in situ; Williams's Class A Type 9. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Andersson, G., Gudarnas gård : tre fallosfiguriner från Lunda i Strängnäs socken, Södermanland in Fornvännen, 2003(98):2, s. [124]-126; Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, p.52.
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LOT 2155
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Horse Stirrup Apex Mount
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bridle Cheek Piece with Knotwork and Beasts
11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Of Williams Type 2, formed as a flat triangular plate broken across the hole which originally held the iron bit in place, from one corner the elongated terminal extends into a rounded swelling and ends in a rounded knob, possibly suggesting an animal snout; one edge of the plate with a central projecting lobe, used to form the nose of a stylised face with engraved detail resembling the paired spirals flowing up to form arching eyebrows and and eye features; above right of the face running up the top of the fitting an engraved piece of knotwork creating a four-lobed design of a band running off from the the knotwork towards the break. 36.7 grams, 63 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FD1DDE. -
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Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bird-Shaped Brooch
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Domed plate brooch formed as a bird in plan with roundels for eyes, beaded collar, folded wings with linear detailing, ribbed tail; pin-lugs and chord to the underside, remains of catch; ornament in Style II/C, stylistically classified as Mogens Ørsnes’s Type D. 46.6 grams, 77 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13461-261727.
Brooches of a similar form have been found at a number of Scandinavian sites, including the temple-site at Uppakra (Sweden). Today, many avian brooches are known from Norway alone,- for example, those found at Gålås and Berg østre, both in Hedmark, or the one from Foss nordre in Akershus. A stylised bird with a similar appearance appears on the helmet found in the boat grave Vendel XIV, at Uppland in eastern central Sweden, forming the nasal guard. -
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Viking Age Bronze Riding Crop Terminal Plate with Eagle's Head
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Displaying stylised feather, head and beak detailing; pierced twice for attachment; hollow-formed front plate. 14.19 grams, 56 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
