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LOT 1359
Viking Age Decorated Silver Coiled Ring
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.03 grams, 21.35 mm overall, 17.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Composed of an expanded bezel with raised medial rib with zigzags above and below, each arm tapering to a slender coil. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Pre-Viking Gold Filigree Aroma Bucket Pendant
4th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Cup-shaped in sheet gold with applied filigree detailing and granule clusters. 1.19 grams, 13 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages. -
Viking Age Bronze Coiled Ring
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With curved ellipsoidal bezel decorated with zigzags, coiled arms tapering to points. 5.46 grams, 25.56 mm overall, 16.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Bronze Axe-Shaped Pendant Pair
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Each composed of an annular hoop suspending a stylised axe head with palmette style heads; two rivets to reverse of each. 6.28 grams total, 31-32 mm
Acquired 1970s. From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
