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LOT 1352
Viking Age Bronze Axehead Amulet
CIRCA 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.05 grams, 27 mm).
With scooped blade, hammer to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Alan Hardcastle.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.107.
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Viking Age Bronze Pendant Collection
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Mainly openwork plaques bird-shaped with voids and low-relief detailing. 17.2 grams total, 22-39 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Interlaced Serpents
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Squat-bodied and triangular in form; short tab with rivet hole to apex, ledge with rivet to reverse of the lower edge, displaying high-relief interlaced serpent design with head above the lower edge. 22.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired early 1990s. From an East Anglian private collection.
The mount is not included in Williams's study of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mounts, which is now more than twenty years old. However, it is evidently an example of Class B, while lacking the bear-mask and openwork features. Its design appears to derive from a Class A type (Williams's nos.380, 383) which shares the feature of the facing serpent-head placed centrally on the lower edge. -
Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection
10th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. 88 grams total, 15-46 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
