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LOT 1441
Viking Age Bronze and Other Artefact Collection
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (27.6 grams total, 16-31 mm).
Comprising: a domed lead weight, pierced with five knops; a slightly domed disc brooch with three bear-heads; a bifacial openwork strap end. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old North Country collection; formed between 1970-2000.
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Viking Age Silver-Gilt Entwined Beasts Mount
10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Composed of a convex elliptical body with hole to the centre, chamfered sides; central panel of Borre Style zoomorphic decoration; three attachment pegs to the underside. 11.9 grams, 46 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex property of a German collector. -
Viking Age Bronze Cross Mount
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With raised central lozenge; four mounting lugs to the reverse. 22.1 grams, 38 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Bronze Bridle Strap Junction with Beast Heads
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a rectangular suspension loop with D-section shank and mask below, two flanking arms each with a zoomorphic (bear?) face, one terminating in a wolf's head and the other in a bird's head; small loops below the terminals. 30 grams, 63 mm
Found Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK, in the early 1990s.
This bridle junction is decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian Ringerike style. On each side of the central hole is an outward facing animal, their beaked heads positioned on the outer edges. The details on the face are carried out in moulded relief as well as engraving.
