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LOT 0385
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Brooch with Interlaced Birds
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (23.7 grams, 44 mm).
Slightly domed profile with boss to the centre, parcel-gilt rim and spandrels, niello-inlaid motif of four bird-heads on curved necks; pin-lugs, hinged pin, catch and loop to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, pl.3, for type.
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