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LOT 1385
Viking Age Bronze Coiled Bracelet Pair
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (132 grams total, 69-74 mm).
Each composed of a spiralling lozenge-section hoop with elliptical flat-section bezel and tapering terminals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
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Viking Age Bronze Stamped Bracelet with Beast-Head Terminals
12th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Slightly carinated in section with zones of punched pellets and triangles, opposed beast-head finials; Baltic workmanship. 35.1 grams, 69 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
In the Baltic workmanship, bracelets were mostly cast and polished. The metal could also be shaped into the desired form by hammering and/ or by twisting one piece of metal. The surface was often ornamented with stamped markings of lines and dots. -
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 Penannular Brooch
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The body with lozenge-shaped cross-section and coiled terminals, free-running and tapering tongue. 9.36 grams, 46 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
