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LOT 1581
Viking Age Scandinavian Silver Filigree Lozenge-Shaped Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (1.92 grams, 31 mm).
With integral loop, twisted filigree rim, applied filigree knot and scroll motifs, granules and central boss. [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.98(14), for type.
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LOT 1581
Viking Age Scandinavian Silver Filigree Lozenge-Shaped Pendant
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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.
