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LOT 1335
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Lobed Belt Mount
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.8 grams, 27 mm).
Of annular form with four large discoid lobes alternating with smaller ones, parcel-gilt wreath band; four mounting rivets to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
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LOT 1335
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Lobed Belt Mount
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Pre-Viking Silver Filigree Bucket Pendant
4th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A silver pendant formed as a miniature bucket with applied filigree bands to the strap handle and body. 2.57 grams, 24 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. -
Viking Coiled Bronze Ring
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of nine tiers of round cross-section coils, the terminals tapering to points. 17.88 grams, 22.14 mm overall, 17.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
