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LOT 0358

Scandinavian Viking Age Silver Inlaid Iron Hilt Guard

CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (70 grams, 72 mm).

Hollow-formed with a deep curved profile; rectangular slot in the upper face for the tang; bands of applied silver ropework ornament on a sheet-silver field. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.

Literature

Cf. Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002, p.127.

Footnotes

The guard is too narrow to have been used on a sword, but it may have been part of the hilt furniture of a high-status seax or knife. The form is approximately consistent with Petersen's Type Z of late-10th century date.

CONDITION
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LOT 0358

Scandinavian Viking Age Silver Inlaid Iron Hilt Guard

Sold for (Inc. bp): £546

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