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LOT 1407
Viking Age Bronze Belt Strap Distributor with Beast-Heads
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (18.5 grams, 40 mm).
Central dome with three radiating beast-heads gripping the outer ring in their jaws. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 24.1.
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LOT 1407
Viking Age Bronze Belt Strap Distributor with Beast-Heads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Viking Age Silver and Other Pendant Collection
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Comprising: one domed disc with granulation and central cell; one gilt disc with kolovrat spinning-wheel motif; one dirhem Arabic coin with applied ribbed loop; one cast disc with high-relief Ringerike style serpent motif reserved on a pounced field; one plain disc with applied loop. 35.8 grams total, 24-41 mm
Acquired before 1990. Ex property of a professional collector. -
Viking Age Decorated Silver Coiled Ring
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Composed of an expanded bezel with raised medial rib with zigzags above and below, each arm tapering to a slender coil. 5.03 grams, 21.35 mm overall, 17.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Pre-Viking Gold Filigree Aroma Bucket Pendant
4th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Cup-shaped in sheet gold with applied filigree detailing and granule clusters. 1.19 grams, 13 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages.
