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LOT 1801
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (13.5 grams, 40 mm).
Tongue-shaped in profile with high-relief tendril detailing, pierced twice to lower edge, ledge to reverse; Williams Class A Type 8. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, fig.32.
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LOT 1801
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Viking Age Twisted Bronze Bracelet with Hatch-Decorated Terminals
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Penannular bracelet formed from two rods twisted about each other, flattened to each end with incised hatched design to the outer edge. 47.3 grams, 77 mm
From an East Sussex, UK, private collection; acquired 1980s-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Viking Period Bronze Twisted Bracelet
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Formed from two rods twisted about each other with loop to each end. 41 grams, 69 mm
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Scandinavian Pre-Viking Silver Wrist Clasp Pair
5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
A matched pair of spiral-coiled wrist-clasps of Hines's Class A, each pair with one broad rounded loop to the centre and one returned hooked loop. 22.99 grams total, 36-38 mm
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The spiral-coil type of wrist clasp is the earliest form of an artefact type which became a very popular costume element in especially Norway and the English East Midlands in the early Anglo-Saxon Period. Grave-finds indicate that they were used to secure the cuffs of robes worn by high-status women.
