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LOT 1724
Viking Age Silver Bar and Hammer Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (21.2 grams total, 12-36 mm).
Hack-silver comprising flat-section bar fragments, square-section ingot fragments; miniature hammer pendant with three stamped pelletted triangles. [5, No Reserve]
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 Age Silver Ear Scoop with Pierced Handle
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Formed as four loops in sequence developing to a short shank with scoop finial. 3.33 grams, 58 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s. -
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Viking Age Scandinavian Silver Pendant with Mask
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks; Kipplingeberg type. 3.38 grams, 21 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Silver Necklace with Lunar Pendant
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Comprising an openwork woven chain with round-section tubular finials, the finials with applied wire and pellet decoration, a hooked clasp with a domed mount to the centre; lunate pendant with a wide ribbed loop and pellet decoration suspended from the chain. 77 grams, 46.5 cm
Acquired in 1997. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12437-226708.
