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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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Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
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Scandinavian Viking Equal-Arm Brooch
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A bronze equal-arm brooch of Aargård Type III A, with central lozenge, symmetrical scooped flanges with low-relief geometric ornament and trefoil finial, raised circular sockets, remains of ferrous pin to the reverse with lugs and catch, copper-alloy suspension ring attached to a loop to one pierced socket. 21.5 grams, 79 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired before 1960. From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s.