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LOT 1469
Viking Age Bronze Expandable Ring
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.25 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
With broad hoop tapering to round-section extensions forming a coiled continuation of the hoop; Baltic Semigallian type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Alan Hardcastle.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection since 2015.
Cf. Griciuviene, E., Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005, item 525.
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Viking Age Silver Ring with Scrolls
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Lozengiform bezel with stud to each angle, incised hatched design. 2.32 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 19.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2 , USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Acquired 1970s. From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Viking Bronze Fenris Wolf Strap End
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With trapezoidal split panel, beast-head with domed eyes, openwork wolf-head finial; Thomas's Class G. 8.9 grams, 46 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Bronze Bridle Strap Junction with Beast Heads
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a rectangular suspension loop with D-section shank and mask below, two flanking arms each with a zoomorphic (bear?) face, one terminating in a wolf's head and the other in a bird's head; small loops below the terminals. 30 grams, 63 mm
Found Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK, in the early 1990s.
This bridle junction is decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian Ringerike style. On each side of the central hole is an outward facing animal, their beaked heads positioned on the outer edges. The details on the face are carried out in moulded relief as well as engraving.
