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LOT 1678
Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch Wing Pair
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (17.6 grams total, 37 mm each).
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. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Suffolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Literature
Cf. Roesdahl, E & Wilson, D. From Viking to Crusader. Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200, Uddevalla, 1992, item 137, for type.
Footnotes
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.
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LOT 1678
Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch Wing Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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