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LOT 1505
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Cross and Flower
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.27 grams, 31 mm).
The discoid body displaying a cross to one face and a stylised flowerhead to the other; suspension loop and ring to the top edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed 1960s-1980s.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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LOT 1505
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Cross and Flower
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D-section with heavy basketwork motif to the outer face. 87 grams, 75 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
The bracelet is the product of Baltic workmanship. Certain Baltic tribes of Lithuania did not have any characteristic ethnographic female adornments, but they were strongly influenced by Scandinavian jewellery. Their range can be described by the archaeologists only on the basis of the distribution of the burial complexes.
