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LOT 0355
Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (67.4 grams, 81 mm).
Displaying high-relief palmette ornament, omega-shaped panels and other ornament; catch and two transverse bars to the reverse.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Hildebrand, H., Kongl. Vitterhets Historie Och Antiqvitets Akademiens Manadsblad, Stockholm, 1876, fig.82; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940, fig.151.
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LOT 0355
Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch
Circa 10th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Displaying high-relief palmette ornament, omega-shaped panels and other ornament; catch and two transverse bars to the reverse. 67.4 grams, 81 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Bronze Bird Brooch
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled standing left with stylised detailing; likely a cockerel; pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 6.4 grams, 26 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Similar brooches are known from Denmark and some examples show us a very similar form and decoration. So far England is the only area outside Scandinavia where bird brooches similar to those discovered in Denmark have been found. The archaeological finds indicate close contacts between England and Denmark in the first half of the 11th century. Anne Pedersen suggests that Byzantium art may be a source of inspiration for these specific type of brooches as is evident from the Danish coinage of the 11th century that direct or indirect influence from Constantinople played an important role, especially in connection with the presence of Danish mercenaries in the Varangian Guard of the Roman emperor. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Skeletal Stirrup Apex Mount
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £481
A well defined Williams's Class A Type 6 mount comprising a D-shaped plaque with high-relief central tree or skeleton, a serpent to each lateral edge with divided tail coiled over the 'tree's' trefoil finial, head at the tree's base; beast-head finial with loop above; shallow ledge to the reverse, two circular piercings above. 25 grams, 50 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
