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LOT 1551
Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection
10TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (88 grams total, 15-46 mm).
Comprising: an openwork mount with interlace motif; metallic pot sherd with incised vegetal forms in panels; domed discoid mount with knop at centre of radiating arms with trace remains of gilding; quatrefoil brooch with addorsed bird heads, remains of catchplate to reverse; multiple decorated pins and strap end with trace remains of gilding. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Viking Age Bronze Expandable Ring
Circa 8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With broad hoop tapering to round-section extensions forming a coiled continuation of the hoop; Baltic Semigallian type. 5.25 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
From the collection of Alan Hardcastle. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection since 2015. -
Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Jellinge Style Ornament
10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Comprising a domed, elliptical body and narrow flange border; the decorative scheme comprising four lobed faces with annular eyes amid Jellinge Style tendril ornamentation and a barred field; an asymmetrical piercing to the flange for a swag of beads to be attached to the rim; catch to the reverse together with a sturdy T-shaped fitting for the pin attached to the inside of the dome. 74 grams, 93 mm
Ex property of a Dutch collector before 2014. From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Tortoise brooches were associated strongly with wealthy females in Scandinavian communities from Ireland to Russia. Regional taste affected the decoration and the height of the dome; the present example has a carinated profile. -
Large Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With facetted terminals with remains of stamped ring-and-dot and triangle ornament, facetted body with framed beading and ring-and-dot pyramid finials, free-running pin with coiled head. 76.6 grams, 77 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
