Viking Age Gold Elf Shot Pendant

Displaying high-relief detailing to the bow, zoomorphs with central triangular mask and openwork limbs; bar to the rear. 9.4 grams, 36 mm



From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Each composed of a domed ovoid body with chased lozenges and geometric motifs, five projecting studs in cruciform arrangement; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 141 grams total, 71 mm each



From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

These brooches are usually found on the breast of Viking women in grave excavations. Two oval brooches on the upper chest represent the pinafore dress worn by the Viking women, decorated with zoomorphic or geometric ornaments.

Adorned with repoussé chevrons and applied granules; replaced loop. 1.17 grams, 15 mm



From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

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.