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LOT 1580
Viking Age Silver Axehead Pendant
CIRCA 8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (3.75 grams, 44 mm).
Tapering axehead pendant on a ring with coiled ends, triangular punched detailing.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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Viking Bronze Openwork Box Brooch with Silver Detailing
11th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £240
Formed as an openwork outer shell, inner container and bottom plate; the upper face with central conical boss and four small satellite bosses each with a silver surface disc; to the outer face four pierced tongue-shaped panels with D-shaped finials proud of the upper face, each with a silvered element to the upper end; the bottom plate with integral catchplate and central void, four attachment pins to the underside; the upper face and sidewall executed in Urnes style zoomorphic openwork; the inner element a plain sheet-bronze container. 95 grams, 55 mm
Acquired in the 1950s. Ex private collection, South West England.
On the Baltic island of Gotland, high-ranking females wore 'box' (or 'drum') brooches to secure their outer garments at the shoulders. The inner container may have been used to hold small valuables. -
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Scandinavian Viking Bronze Box Brooch
9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Featuring a squat cylindrical body, ornate cruciform motif to upper face, zoomorphic panels to the side wall; hollow-formed; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 93 grams, 53 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Silver Double Axehead Pendant
Circa 8th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Twibil pendant with flared blades and central elliptical shaft-hole. 6.68 grams, 43 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
