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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]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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