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LOT 1253
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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Viking Bronze Howling Beast Mount
11th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Formed as an openwork seated wolf with long curled tail, head raised and mouth open; similar to Class A, Type 11A. 10.6 grams, 33 mm
Found near Norwich, Norfolk, UK. -
Large Viking Age Silver-Gilt Pendant with Entwined Beasts
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Cast with suspension loop, two beasts interlaced crossing in centre with heads with open mouths at 11 and 1 o'clock, with remains of gilding. 19.83 grams, 49 mm high
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Viking Age Bronze Bird Brooch
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Modelled facing left, stylised wing and body detailing; remains of a fitting element to reverse. 6.06 grams, 30 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Bird brooches from the late(r) Viking era have been found in Scandinavia as well in areas occupied and inhabited by the Vikings and Norsemen within England, in Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon contexts. These so-called bird shaped brooches can be dated to the 11th and even early 12th century. Stylistically the brooch here cannot be categorised as a distinct 'Viking style' such as the late Urnes style, although some types of other bird shaped brooches shows us connections to the Ringerike and Urnes style. The decoration and form of the bird on the brooch here is more influenced by the development of Romanesque styles spreading from the Continent into Scandinavian art, like the style of a bird, depicted on the right corner next to the door portal of Rimsø Kirke, Jylland, completed in 1150 A.D.
