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LOT 0358
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Disc Brooch with Entwined Heads
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (25.6 grams, 45 mm).
Domed brooch with gilding to the obverse, raised design of four bird-heads with billets to the neck, enmeshed beaks and other parts, pellet eyes; chamfered rim; reverse with catch, pin-lugs and loop for attachment of a chain. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl 84(5), for type.
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LOT 0358
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Disc Brooch with Entwined Heads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Orsett, Essex, UK, in 2015. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no.ESS-4FF212. Disclaimed as treasure with reference number 2015 T471. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.200403. -
Large Viking Silver Pendant with Concentric Circle Design
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Opening Bid: £250
Repoussé complete with an applied suspension loop, central dome. 7.46 grams, 53 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Silver Lunate Pendant
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