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LOT 1537
Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (13.1 grams, 38 mm).
With square-headed terminals decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs, free-running pin, brooch body with carinated upper face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Viking Age Iron Inlaid Ring-Pin
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With circumferential bands of silver inlay and gilt detailing; free-running ring with similar inlay. 40.2 grams, 15 cm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Bronze Urnes Style Entwined Beasts Mount
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Formed with an openwork design of entwined beasts or an interlace motif in Urnes style; counter-sunk rivet hope to apex; likely a stirrup mount. 18.3 grams, 40 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-0FA732. -
Viking Bronze Openwork Box Brooch with Silver Detailing
11th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Formed as an openwork outer shell, inner container and bottom plate; the upper face with central conical boss and four small satellite bosses each with a silver surface disc; to the outer face four pierced tongue-shaped panels with D-shaped finials proud of the upper face, each with a silvered element to the upper end; the bottom plate with integral catchplate and central void, four attachment pins to the underside; the upper face and sidewall executed in Urnes style zoomorphic openwork; the inner element a plain sheet-bronze container. 95 grams, 55 mm
Acquired in the 1950s. Ex private collection, South West England.
On the Baltic island of Gotland, high-ranking females wore 'box' (or 'drum') brooches to secure their outer garments at the shoulders. The inner container may have been used to hold small valuables.
