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'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount 'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount 'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount
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LOT 0385

'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (14 grams, 39 mm).

Openwork interlace plaque with Urnes Style stag and serpent, attachment points at outer edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-E92C94.

Literature

Cf. Roesdahl, E & Wilson, D., From Viking to Crusader. Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200, Uddevalla, 1992, item 588, for similar example.

Footnotes

The motif of the stag and the serpents is associated especially with Urnes Style objects.

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LOT 0385

'The Stratton Strawless' Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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