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LOT 1791
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Collection
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (48.2 grams total, 44-47 mm).
Each of Williams's Class A Type 12 with lattice ornament to the body and bosses at the nodes; two openwork and one solid fill; narow base adnd ledge at the bottom. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
LiteratureCf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 290 & 306, for type.
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LOT 1791
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Viking Period Silver Belt Mount Group
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Each a rectangular bar with median carination, splayed ends, scooped edges; mounting pins to reverse. 27.7 grams total, 43.8-44.5mm
From an old English collection, 1980s. -
Viking Age Silver Cross Pendant
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Cross pommee with three raised lobes to each finial, integral suspension ring. 4.79 grams, 39 mm
Acquired from a West Sussex collection formed in the 1970s-1990s. Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection. -
Viking Silver-Gilt Seated Freyja Mount
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
A parcel-gilt plaque pendant with facing seated figure, probably the goddess Freyja, modelled in the half-round; the hands raised to grip lateral ribbed strands of hair, the garment formed as two crossed bands on the chest, the knees prominent and feet placed together; emerging from each strand of hair, a feline with curled tail, ribbed body, foreleg curled over the neck, notched fingers and triangular face with lappet and snubbed snout; loop above the head, three holes to the edges. 30.6 grams, 46 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 number no.13159-248791.
The figure represents a seated female accompanied by two cats. In the Icelandic poem Gylfaginning (The Deceiving of Gylfi), Freyja is said to be seated in her chariot drawn by two cats. Her hall in heaven is called Sessrumnir, meaning 'with room for many seats'. She is also associated with a high seat from which prophecy is made, similar to that of Odin.
