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LOT 2115
Viking Age Bronze Riding Crop Terminal Plate with Eagle's Head
CIRCA 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (14.19 grams, 56 mm).
Displaying stylised feather, head and beak detailing; pierced twice for attachment; hollow-formed front plate. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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LOT 2115
Viking Age Bronze Riding Crop Terminal Plate with Eagle's Head
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Bronze Jellinge-style Domed Disc Brooch with Entwined Beast Facing Back
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Discoid brooch with raised pelleted border, entwined regardant beast with ribbed details to the body; pin bar and catchplate to the reverse. 8.43 grams, 25.2 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Viking Bronze Buckle with Odin
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Modelled as an openwork trapezoid buckle with a figure of a standing figure with hands folded at hips, one eye almond-shaped and one eye narrow; possibly depicting god Odin. 6.1 grams, 57 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Viking Age and Later Silver Belt and Harness Mount Collection
Circa 9th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including domed type with ribbed surface and rove to rear, fleur-de-lys type, rectangular type, pyramidal type, pierced disc and other types. 53 grams total, 9-39 mm
Acquired Germany in the early 1980s. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.