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LOT 1215
Viking Age Silver Expandable Child's Bracelet Pair
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (21.9 grams total, 49-50 mm).
A pair of child-sized silver bracelets, each composed of a tapering, roughly round-section body and overlapping arms coiled around the opposite shoulder forming an openwork bezel. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEarly 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Boar's Head Stirrup Mount
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A copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup mount of Williams' Class A, Type 8; formed as a boar's head with stylised detailing; the mount is sub-triangular in plan displaying one head at the apex and two heads below, decoration comprising looping and bifurcating tendrils; shallow ledge to the reverse and three perforations for mounting. 23.3 grams, 55 mm
Fine condition, traces of strap to the reverse.
Found near Snargate, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no. KENT-D935E8.