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LOT 1660
Viking Age Bronze Purse Bar with Zoomorphic Terminals
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (54 grams, 15.5 cm).
D-section bar with fan-shaped hatched flanges at the centre flanking the socket; six ribbed knops to the outer face, beast-head finials; one attachment pin to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
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LOT 1660
Viking Age Bronze Purse Bar with Zoomorphic Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
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From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch Wing Pair
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Two tongue-shaped panels forming two of the three arms of a trefoil brooch; each with a low-relief design of ring-and-dot motifs connected by straps with lateral spurs. 17.6 grams total, 37 mm each
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
The two panels bear the same design and clearly belong o the same brooch; the variation in their modern appearance is probably due to the soil conditions in which they were preserved.
