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LOT 1032

Viking Age Bronze Jellinge Sword Scabbard Chape

10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (14.7 grams, 52 mm).

Plate with lip to the outer curved edges, knop to the centre of the bow and spurs to the angles; low-relief design of interlaced foliage within a braided band; lateral mounting holes, three studs to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Paulsen, P., Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, item 207, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1032

Viking Age Bronze Jellinge Sword Scabbard Chape

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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