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LOT 1701
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (27 grams, 48 mm).
Heater-shaped in profile with trefoil knop above and fixing pin; high-relief profile wolf with head thrown back and one forepaw raised; ledge to reverse with ferrous stud; Williams's Class A, type 11. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 217, 219, for type.
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LOT 1701
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Howling Beast
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch Wing Pair
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Two tongue-shaped panels forming two of the three arms of a trefoil brooch; each with a low-relief design of ring-and-dot motifs connected by straps with lateral spurs. 17.6 grams total, 37 mm each
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
The two panels bear the same design and clearly belong o the same brooch; the variation in their modern appearance is probably due to the soil conditions in which they were preserved.
