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LOT 0301
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Head of a Dragon
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (20.4 grams, 35.4 mm).
Of Williams’s Class B Type 3, formed as an openwork tongue-shaped body with a stylised animal head, attachment bar to the reverse.
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, fig.57.
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LOT 0301
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Head of a Dragon
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £100
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Viking Bronze Horse-Head Dagger Pommel
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Formed as a stylised horse's head, the mane clearly delineated and represented by parallel incised lines, the broad face with small elliptical ears, ring-and-dot eyes and flattened muzzle; an elliptical socket hole at the base and a large attachment hole to one side; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 94 grams total, 10.9 cm high including stand
Found near York, UK. Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, UK. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze 'Entwined Beasts' Horse Stirrup Apex Mount
9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Of Williams’s Class A Type 1, featuring an incised design of two addorsed beasts; ledge to reverse and two rivet holes to the base, one with rivet in situ, the apex loop absent. 17.7 grams, 42 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
