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LOT 1698
Viking Age Bronze Hinged Horse Harness Pendant
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (36 grams, 90 mm).
Comprising: triangular attachment plate with rivet-holes at the upper corners, Y-shaped motif in a beaded border, lateral scrolls; articulating joint connecting to a tongue-shaped bifacial pendant with ribbed bulb and scrollwork. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Opening Bid: £600
With a thick penannular loop and polyhedral finial set with twelve garnet cloisons, some detached. 6.36 grams, 34 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Scandinavian Viking Iron Fire Steel with Bronze Handle with Conjoined Horse Heads
9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bronze handle formed as two opposing horse-heads on ribbed necks, slot to underside to accept the verrous striker. 31 grams, 54 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Scandinavian Viking Silver-Gilt Trefoil Brooch with Beasts
9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Hollow-formed Y-shaped body with applied filigree and granulation forming three radiating beast-heads, central granule in beaded-wire collar; each end with two holes each with a beaded collar, to accept the strings; straps to the reverse with bow, with beaded-wire links, and central dished circle. 21.85 grams, 57 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12734-235601. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The trefoil type is based on a three-armed strap distributor for a sword-belt used by the Carolingian Franks, copied and re-modelled to Scandinavian taste and finally re-purposed as a female dress-ornament or brooch.
