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Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection
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LOT 1423

Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

21/8 - 3 3/8 in. (145 grams total, 55-85 mm).

Comprising: one heater-shaped with openwork raven motif to each face; one similar with openwork raven enmeshed in tendrils; one with fleur-de-lys to the centre of each upper edge and a lobed spur to each side; one with openwork quatrefoil to each face and knop finial to the apex. [4]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Paulsen, P., Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, items 6, 31, 74, 177, for types.

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LOT 1423

Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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