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LOT 1771
Viking Age Silver Ear Scoop with Pierced Handle
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (3.33 grams, 58 mm).
Formed as four loops in sequence developing to a short shank with scoop finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
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Pre-Viking Scandinavian Silver-Gilt Aroma Bucket Pendant
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Miniature drum-shaped vessel with strap handle, beaded wire bands to top and bottom of sidewall, filigree loop ornament. 2.45 grams, 21 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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.
