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LOT 1756
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Group
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (43.3 grams total, 49-53 mm).
Comprising: a tongue-shaped mount of Williams's Class A Type II with pierced trefoil final, high-relief wolf in profile with head raised, two rivet-holes to the base and narrow ledge to the reverse; a triangular mount of Williams' Class A Type 14 with three radiating arms at the apex and rivet-hole between, low-relief chevron to the plaque, angled ledge to the lower edge with median rivet-hole. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, items 225, 352.
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LOT 1756
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Viking Age Bronze Bar with Button Neck Torc
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Round-section bar with loop to one end and stud to the other; repaired. 82 grams, 21 cm
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Viking Mount with Entwined Beasts
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Ellipsoid in plan, formed as interlaced beasts with central knot and interlaced body parts in Jellinge Style; six piercings to accept mounting rivets; hollow to the underside; mounted on a custom-made stand. 21.17 grams, 57 mm (60.7 grams total, 85 mm including stand)
Acquired on the London art market, 1997. Private collection, London. -
Viking Bronze Bird Brooch
10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Modelled in profile with radiating tripartite crest, triangular stub wing, splayed feet, catch and pin-lugs to the reverse. 10.9 grams, 38 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Bird brooches from the late Viking era have been found in Scandinavia as well in the English Danelaw, through to the early Norman era; such brooches can be dated to the 11th and even early 12th century.
