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LOT 0315

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 pinhead.

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 around 1220-1230 during the wars of Estonians against the Germans and Danes. The annular brooches with animal ornaments in Urnes style were considered by the archaeologists to be definitely Scandinavian, more specifically from Gotland.

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LOT 0315

Viking Age Decorated Silver Penannular Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £585

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