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LOT 0333
Viking Age Silver 'Hoard' Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 1/8 in. (71 grams total, 18-55 mm).
Comprising: a flat-section bracelet with raised ribs; two bracelets each of twisted silver wire; group of five silver Dirhem coins, each mounted for use as a pendant. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a South German collection.
Previously with Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany.
Ex New York Gallery, USA, November 2009.
Property of an important West London collector, inventory no.1122.
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Viking Age Silver 'Hack Money' Bar Ingot Group
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Rectangular in section, irregular; one with punched triangular stamps. 38.9 grams total, 17-55 mm
Ex Spink and Sons, London, UK. Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK, 2014. -
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet Group
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: one with body formed as a guilloche, serpent-head finials; one with rounded ends to the shank. 37.2 grams total, 61-62 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Viking Age Silver Bracelet with Pendants
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With graduated silver wire coils to the shank, collection of free-running cosmetic grooming pendants comprising: pelta-shaped plaque, quadrant-shaped plaque, ear scoop, miniature hammer, tweezers. 28.75 grams total, bracelet 88.90 mm wide
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London collector.
Miniature hammers occur in pre-Viking times both in Scandinavia and in England, but their number increased markedly in Viking Scandinavia. They are known in iron, bronze, occasionally amber, and, from the 10th century onward, silver. They are predominantly found in women's graves, while most of the silver examples come from hoards of the late 10th and 11th centuries.
