Scandinavian Viking Bronze Sword Chape

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (6.74 grams, 38 mm).

Openwork unifacial 'winged horse' format (Woods's Type 3B) with beaked head in profile on a ribbed neck, pierced hindleg beneath and tapering wing above; the head extending to a reverse flange. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found by Robin Sutton, UK.
Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.

Accompanied by a copy of the Searcher Magazine article where it was published in 2006.

Literature

Published: Woods, Peter, From Small Beginnings... The Chapes Research Project, Part 5, The Searcher Magazine, July 2006, p.25-27, no.12.

Footnotes

The item formed the reinforced finial to a leather chape for a knife. Its design suggests an Anglo-Scandinavian context, probably 11th century and likely linked to the increased Scandinavian contacts with Britain during the reign of Cnut (1016-35).

CONDITION

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