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LOT 1585
Viking Age Silver Mount with Lunar Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (2.65 grams, 45 mm).
Discoid mount with repoussé animal design, pierced for attachment of a crescent dangle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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Viking Age Silver Snake-Headed Bracelet
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Penannular, round in section with punched scale detailing to the shank, opposed snake-head finials. 30.26 grams, 78 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Viking and Saxon Artefact Group
8th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including a narrow beast-head strap-end, a military strap-end fragment, a stirrup mount and looped fitting. 49.9 grams total, 26-40 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Viking Bronze Bridle Strap Junction with Beast Heads
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £320
Comprising a rectangular suspension loop with D-section shank and mask below, two flanking arms each with a zoomorphic (bear?) face, one terminating in a wolf's head and the other in a bird's head; small loops below the terminals. 30 grams, 63 mm
Found Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK, in the early 1990s.
This bridle junction is decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian Ringerike style. On each side of the central hole is an outward facing animal, their beaked heads positioned on the outer edges. The details on the face are carried out in moulded relief as well as engraving.
