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LOT 1783
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; narrow base and 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 1783
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Openwork Cross Mount
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed as an equal-arm cross with tapering arms, each arm terminating in a pierced lug; the central cross with five piercings. 6.56 grams, 34 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Harness Mount with Beast-Head
England, 11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a raised beat-head modelled in the half-round beneath a triangular void with scrolled shoulders, open mouth with Winchester-style scrolled tendrils and pierced attachment lug. 17.4 grams, 50 mm
Found UK. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Bell-Shaped Drops
8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a semi-circular plate with faux-rope decoration, three loops below with pendant drops with bell finials, the central one from a different pendant. 29.6 grams, 63 mm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.