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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 Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
Comprising: a long and narrow tongue-shaped type (Paulsen's Gruppe V 2A, Untergruppe C) with scooped upper edge and palmette motif to the centre, spurs to the a vertical band of reserved stylised ring-chain decoration on a pounced field, long lateral straps and a knop finial; a heater-shaped type (Paulsen's Gruppe I 2, Untergruppe C) with central openwork panel displaying a bird in flight with the fan-shaped tail marked with radiating lines, guilloche bands to the outer sides, upper edges angled and with lobe at the apex; an elongated type (Gruppe V 1) with low-relief pointillé bands to each face and a palmette at the apex of the central spur; a long tongue-shaped type (Paulsen's Gruppe I 1) with an openwork centre and Ringerike Style bird formed with looped bands, pellets to the pinions, a triangular in plan head joined to the inner faces of the ropework border forming the upper edge of the chape, with a wolf's head at the apex and stepped knop finial; a single plaque (Gruppe V 1) from a two-part chape, long and rounded with palemete detailing to the upper edge, tendrils and scrolls to the body, pierced in two places to accept rivets. 178 grams total, 51-70 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Most of these chapes originate in Sweden or the western Baltic according to Paulsen's classification. -
Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Brooch Collection
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Mostly Mordvinian type; some with punched detailing to the panels, others with moulded panels; one with row of lateral loops. 135 grams total, 32-64 mm
Private European collection formed before 2000. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Viking Lead Gaming Board 'King Piece' with Plundered Bronze Styca
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Lead trade weight or gaming piece with inset irregular issue Styca with blundered legends, dating to c.843/4-c.855 A.D. 13.6 grams, 18 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK.