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LOT 0347
Viking Age Decorated Silver Penannular Brooch
12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (14.4 grams, 46 mm).
Featuring domed terminals with apex granules and dense interlace and pellet decoration in relief, punched decoration to the free-running pin head.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Roesdahl, E., Wilson D.M., From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800 to 1200 (22nd Council of Europe Exhibition), Copenhagen, 1992, p.81, fig.8, for a similar specimen.
Footnotes
Penannular brooches with facetted terminals were part of the famous Kostivere hoard, found in Estonia, deposited in around 1220-1230 during the wars of Estonians against the Germans and Danes. The annular brooches with animal ornament in Urnes style were considered by the archaeologists definitely Scandinavian, more specifically from Gotland.
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LOT 0347
Viking Age Decorated Silver Penannular Brooch
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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