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LOT 1338
Viking Age Bronze Annular Brooch Frame
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (14.3 grams, 37 mm).
Composed of a domed upper face decorated with tendrils and other enigmatic motifs; remains of tinning. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1970s private collection.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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Viking Age Faux Twisted Bronze Torc
Circa 10th-11th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £117
Solid twisted rope design with large flattened leaf-shaped terminals. 175 grams, 18.2 cm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Large Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Composed of a facetted hoop with facetted terminals, stamped ring-and-dot ornament to each face, slender bands of pellets to the body, free-running pin with coiled head and facetted stem. 62.5 grams, 76 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Comprising: a long and narrow tongue-shaped type (Paulsen's Gruppe V 2A, Untergruppe C) with scooped upper edge and palmette motif to the centre, spurs to the a vertical band of reserved stylised ring-chain decoration on a pounced field, long lateral straps and a knop finial; a heater-shaped type (Paulsen's Gruppe I 2, Untergruppe C) with central openwork panel displaying a bird in flight with the fan-shaped tail marked with radiating lines, guilloche bands to the outer sides, upper edges angled and with lobe at the apex; an elongated type (Gruppe V 1) with low-relief pointillé bands to each face and a palmette at the apex of the central spur; a long tongue-shaped type (Paulsen's Gruppe I 1) with an openwork centre and Ringerike Style bird formed with looped bands, pellets to the pinions, a triangular in plan head joined to the inner faces of the ropework border forming the upper edge of the chape, with a wolf's head at the apex and stepped knop finial; a single plaque (Gruppe V 1) from a two-part chape, long and rounded with palemete detailing to the upper edge, tendrils and scrolls to the body, pierced in two places to accept rivets. 178 grams total, 51-70 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Most of these chapes originate in Sweden or the western Baltic according to Paulsen's classification.
