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LOT 1728
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Interlaced Beast Stirrup Apex Mount
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (35.2 grams, 62 mm).
Teardrop-shaped and slightly domed with trefoil loop at the apex and two radiating lugs at the lower corners; low-relief design of a dense interlaced panel with beast-head in plan at the apex; pierced ledge to reverse.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
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LOT 1728
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Interlaced Beast Stirrup Apex Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Viking Bronze Openwork Box Brooch with Silver Detailing
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Opening Bid: £300
Formed as an openwork outer shell, inner container and bottom plate; the upper face with central conical boss and four small satellite bosses each with a silver surface disc; to the outer face four pierced tongue-shaped panels with D-shaped finials proud of the upper face, each with a silvered element to the upper end; the bottom plate with integral catchplate and central void, four attachment pins to the underside; the upper face and sidewall executed in Urnes style zoomorphic openwork; the inner element a plain sheet-bronze container. 95 grams, 55 mm
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Viking Bronze Urnes Style Sword Scabbard Mount
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Ellipsoid in plan with elegantly formed Urnes Style interlaced design, hatched surface texture. 7.4 grams, 47 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
