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LOT 1486
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Apex Stirrup Mount
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (20.9 grams, 51 mm).
Of sub-triangular form, with mounting hole at the apex and two to the lower edge, vestigial ledge to the reverse, reserved central motif of a wolf in profile with head thrown back; Williams's Class A Type 11. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Ex property of a Nottinghhamshire, UK, collector.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, fig.39-214.
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LOT 1486
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Howling Beast Apex Stirrup Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Viking Age Bronze Mount with Scrolls
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Viking Age Bronze Openwork Beast Mount
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Formed as an advancing beast with looped tail, its prey between forepaw and chin a bird with curved beak forming a cranked pin; annular eye to the beast and ribbed panel to the bird; discoid stud to the reverse. 27 grams, 67 mm
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Viking Gilt Gotland-Type Fish Pendant
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Composed of a tapering, round-section body with flat base and inverted triangular mouth holding a moveable bar, suspended on a ring with twisted wire coils and stamped with small circles repeated on the bar below; the fish body decorated with four panels of low-relief Mammen Style interlacing with remains of gilding; two circular piercings to each side of the body. 23.2 grams, 72 mm high
Fine condition.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Ex Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Originally produced as a necklace element, refashioned at an unspecified point in antiquity into a pendant, possibly as early as the 9th-10th century A.D. Pendants of this type were worn strung together in groups, the tapering profile allowing them to sit comfortably as a collar below the neck. They were often worn suspended between two zoomorphic brooches. This example has been taken from a necklace and mounted on a suspension ring for use as an amuletic pendant.
