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LOT 0310
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Skeletal Stirrup Apex Mount
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (31.4 grams, 50 mm).
A well-defined Williams's Class A Type 6 mount comprising a D-shaped plaque with high-relief central tree or skeleton, a serpent to each lateral edge with divided tail coiled over the 'tree's' trefoil finial, head at the tree's base; beast-head finial with loop above; shallow ledge to the reverse, two circular piercings above.
ProvenanceFound Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 102-113.
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LOT 0310
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Skeletal Stirrup Apex Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Artefact Group
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including a strap end with bird-head finial, polyhedral pin-heads and other items. 36 grams total, 10-48 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Viking Age Iron Fire-Striker with Bronze Serpent Handle
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising a flat band with two hoops for the fingers forming the body of a serpent with raised head behind, iron striking face to the lower edge. 39 grams, 79 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Viking Age Silver 'Hoard' Group
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Comprising: a flat-section bracelet with raised ribs; two bracelets each of twisted silver wire; group of five silver Dirhem coins, each mounted for use as a pendant. 71 grams total, 18-55 mm
From a South German collection. Previously with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany. Ex New York Gallery, USA, November 2009. Property of an important West London collector, inventory no.1122.
