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LOT 1690
Viking Age Silver 'Hoard' Group
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 2 in. (42.8 grams total, 9-53 mm).
Comprising: two dome-headed dress pins; three pieces of hack-silver ingot; five miniature axeheads; a mitre-shaped finger ring; and other items. [15]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bound Loki Suspension Mount
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Belt mount with loop above and strap to reverse; openwork frame with rosettes and central facing mask. 3..25 grams, 32 mm
Acquired in Germany after WWII. Ex property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
The image is often interpreted as the trickster-god Loki bound to a rock, as he was said to be in Norse myth (e.g. the poem Völuspá, verse 35). -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Strap End
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Tongue-shaped with openwork design, median figure of a bird with wings spread, domed bosses to the frame. 10.8 grams, 39 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. -
Viking Age Twisted Bronze Bracelet
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising thick twisted rods, and flattened crescent plate finials with punched pellet detailing 42.1 grams, 66 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
