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LOT 1751
Viking Age Bronze Necklace Bead Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (60 grams total, 8-10 mm).
Each barrel-shaped with median carination. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Viking Age Silver-Gilt Belt Mount Pair
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Each a heater-shaped plaque with indented upper edge, domed obverse with stylised animal-mask detailing in a beaded border; mounting pins to reverse, remains of leather; Avar workmanship. 5.37 grams total, 20-21 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Bear's Heads
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Teardrop-shaped and slightly domed with loop at the apex (absent) and two radiating lugs at the lower corners; low-relief design of a dense interlaced panel with beast-head at the apex; ledge to reverse with ferrous remains of stud. 31.8 grams, 53 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount Group
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: a tongue-shaped mount of Williams's Class A Type II with pierced trefoil final, high-relief wolf in profile with head raised, two rivet-holes to the base and narrow ledge to the reverse; a triangular mount of Williams' Class A Type 14 with three radiating arms at the apex and rivet-hole between, low-relief chevron to the plaque, angled ledge to the lower edge with median rivet-hole. 43.3 grams total, 49-53 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
