Loading, please wait...

Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge

Details

LOT 1569

Viking Age Gilt Bronze Openwork Roundel with Interlaced Snakes

10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (48.9 grams, 70.7 mm).

With rilled edge and pierced hub, the field a network of dense interlaced tendrils.

Provenance

Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Ex property of a London, UK, collector.

CONDITION

VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 1569

Viking Age Gilt Bronze Openwork Roundel with Interlaced Snakes

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

Print page

RELATED LOTS

  • Viking Age Silver Axehead Pendant
    Viking Age Silver Axehead Pendant
    Circa 8th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

    Tapering axehead pendant on a ring with coiled ends, triangular punched detailing. 3.75 grams, 44 mm



    Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.

    Lot Details

  • Viking Age Silver Axe-Shaped Pendant with Ring
    Viking Age Silver Axe-Shaped Pendant with Ring
    Circa 9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

    Suspension ring with ends wound around the shank, triangular axehead pendant. 2.21 grams, 43 mm



    Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

    Lot Details

  • Pre Viking Scandinavian Gold Aroma Bucket Pendant
    Pre Viking Scandinavian Gold Aroma Bucket Pendant
    Circa 4th-7th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

    Tubular body with domed base and filigree handle; applied bands of filigree and braided wire to sidewall and base. 1.43 grams, 14 mm



    Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

    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.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list