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LOT 1073
Viking Age And Later Iron Axehead Group
CIRCA 11TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 - 10 1/2 in. (7.8 kg total, 9.5-26.5 cm).
Composed of socketted axeheads, hammer heads, adze-axes and wedges of various types; including examples stamped with maker's marks. [10]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 1073
Viking Age And Later Iron Axehead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Viking Iron Sword with Inlaid Hilt
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
Comprising a double-edged tapering blade showing shallow fullers and wide cutting edges; boat-shaped lower guard with inlaid vertical copper bands; the upper guard decorated in similar fashion; five-lobed pommel with deep grooves between the lobes, each lobe inlaid with copper bands. 1.05 kg, 90 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11592-199910.
It is the decoration and the structure of the sword that suggest classifying it as a type H of Petersen, rather than type R which usually presents a five-lobed pommel. The copper markings are artistically consistent with archaeological examples of decorative work of Viking swords, notably with the one in Suomen Kansallismuseo, Helsinki, published by Peirce (2002, pp.6off.). The decoration, which here takes the form of vertical copper lines, is striped as on the Helsinki specimen. -
Luristan Bronze Axehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
The fan-shaped cheeks leading to a convex cutting edge; rounded butt and flat in section. 120 grams, 22 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Medieval Bronze Archer's Ring
13th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Incuse geometric detail to the hoop, flange with wheel motif. 10.19 grams, 34.62 mm overall, 20.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W 1/2, USA 11 1/4, Europe 25.66, Japan 24)
English collection, early 2000s. Ex central London gallery.
