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LOT 2096
Viking Age Silver Belt Mount Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (72 grams total, 13 mm each).
Including domed rivets with central scoop, stud to reverse, many with rove in situ. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Germany in the early 1980s.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.23, 26.
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LOT 2096
Viking Age Silver Belt Mount Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bridle Cheek Piece with Knotwork and Beasts
11th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Of Williams Type 2, formed as a flat triangular plate broken across the hole which originally held the iron bit in place, from one corner the elongated terminal extends into a rounded swelling and ends in a rounded knob, possibly suggesting an animal snout; one edge of the plate with a central projecting lobe, used to form the nose of a stylised face with engraved detail resembling the paired spirals flowing up to form arching eyebrows and and eye features; above right of the face running up the top of the fitting an engraved piece of knotwork creating a four-lobed design of a band running off from the the knotwork towards the break. 36.7 grams, 63 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FD1DDE. -
Viking Age Silver Horse Harness Mount Collection
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including mainly heart-shaped plates with roves to the reverse. 133 grams total, 22-30 mm
Acquired Germany in the early 1980s. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Viking Silver-Gilt Pendant with Beast Facing Back
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With integral hatched loop, low-relief, regardant Jellinge style beast with beaded border. 9.34 grams, 35 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
