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LOT 1571
Viking Age Iron Fire-Striker with Bronze Serpent Handle
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (39 grams, 79 mm).
Comprising a flat band with two hoops for the fingers forming the body of a serpent with raised head behind, iron striking face to the lower edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144 (2).
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LOT 1571
Viking Age Iron Fire-Striker with Bronze Serpent Handle
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking 'Essex' Bronze Dragon's Head Strap End
Circa 11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With broad triangular plate split transversely for attachment and beast-head finial with scooped muzzle. 6.7 grams, 42 mm
Found Essex, UK. Property of an Essex collector. -
Viking Age Gold Hammer Pendant
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Hollow-formed sheet gold pendant with shank and curved head. 0.18 grams, 8 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
Viking Bronze Bird Brooch
10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Modelled in profile with radiating tripartite crest, triangular stub wing, splayed feet, catch and pin-lugs to the reverse. 10.9 grams, 38 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Bird brooches from the late Viking era have been found in Scandinavia as well in the English Danelaw, through to the early Norman era; such brooches can be dated to the 11th and even early 12th century.
