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LOT 1423
Viking Age Decorated Silver Coiled Ring
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.55 grams, 22.65 mm overall, 17.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
With raised medial rib to the expanded bezel, zigzags above and below, tapering coiled arms. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Viking Age Bronze Mount Collection
8th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: square mount engraved with a knotted cross, three mounting lugs to reverse; discoid mount with lug to reverse, three bird's heads to front with jewelled eyes; openwork ringed cross; scalloped polygonal mount with leaping beast in low relief, pierced, two mounting lugs to reverse. 11.8 grams total, 14-30 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Bronze Cross Mount
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Or strap distributor; formed with four scrolled arms radiating from the quadrants of a central cross; four cylindrical struts to the reverse and a similarly-shaped reverse plate. 17.7 grams, 26 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Bronze Bridle Strap Junction with Beast Heads
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a rectangular suspension loop with D-section shank and mask below, two flanking arms each with a zoomorphic (bear?) face, one terminating in a wolf's head and the other in a bird's head; small loops below the terminals. 30 grams, 63 mm
Found Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK, in the early 1990s.
This bridle junction is decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian Ringerike style. On each side of the central hole is an outward facing animal, their beaked heads positioned on the outer edges. The details on the face are carried out in moulded relief as well as engraving.
