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LOT 0309
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (10.5 grams, 37 mm).
Decorated with frond detailing to each of the three radiating arms, bilinear frame and central triangular panel; remains of catch and pin-lug to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, figure 3.43, and plate 6.
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LOT 0309
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch
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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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bridle Cheek Piece with Knotwork and Beasts
11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Of Williams Type 2, formed as a flat triangular plate broken across the hole which originally held the iron bit in place, from one corner the elongated terminal extends into a rounded swelling and ends in a rounded knob, possibly suggesting an animal snout; one edge of the plate with a central projecting lobe, used to form the nose of a stylised face with engraved detail resembling the paired spirals flowing up to form arching eyebrows and and eye features; above right of the face running up the top of the fitting an engraved piece of knotwork creating a four-lobed design of a band running off from the the knotwork towards the break. 36.7 grams, 63 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FD1DDE. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Disc Brooch with Beast Facing Back
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Disc brooch with low-relief regardant beast within a pelleted border, catchplate and pin-lugs to the reverse. 7.59 grams, 28 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Post Viking Bronze Beast Head Finial
Eastern Europe, circa 12th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Modelled as a stylised beaked beast’s head, with a pointed muzzle, separated open jaws and bossed eyes, incised and moulded ornament extends behind the brow. 5.4 grams, 21 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
