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LOT 0292
Viking Age Gold Earrings with Amethyst Gemstones
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (9.65 grams total, 48-54 mm).
Matched pair, filigree bands and amethyst olive drops with dangles. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.115.
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LOT 0292
Viking Age Gold Earrings with Amethyst Gemstones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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Viking Age Bronze Penannular Brooch with Stamped Decoration
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Projecting square-headed terminals with pecked geometric decoration, the body divided into three zones of geometric ornament, free-running pin with geometric ornament to the head. 21.9 grams, 64 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Gold Earrings with Amethyst Gemstones
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Matched pair, filigree bands and amethyst olive drops with dangles. 9.65 grams total, 48-54 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D-section with heavy basketwork motif to the outer face. 87 grams, 75 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
The bracelet is the product of Baltic workmanship. Certain Baltic tribes of Lithuania did not have any characteristic ethnographic female adornments, but they were strongly influenced by Scandinavian jewellery. Their range can be described by the archaeologists only on the basis of the distribution of the burial complexes.
