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LOT 1736
Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bar Bracelet
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (36 grams, 62 mm).
Two rods tightly twisted and curved into a penannular shape, hammered flat towards the ends, one terminal with a hatched design to the outer edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx East Sussex private collection, 1970s-1980s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XCI (18), for type; also see Shetelig, H. (ed), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Part VI, Oslo, 1954, figs.84-85 (hoards from Croydon and Cuerdale).
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