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LOT 1588
Viking Age Silver Penannular Brooch Pair
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (18.1 grams total, 32-34 mm).
Each a round-section shank with the ends flattened, ribbed and coiled, and with a tapering movable pin. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
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Viking Age Bronze Twisted Bracelet
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Twisted penannular shank with flattened loop finials. 26.4 grams, 59 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Borre Knot Disc Brooch
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Disc brooch with low-relief Borre style looped tendrils motif; catch broken and disc pierced for use as a pendant. 8.76 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Skeletal Stirrup Apex Mount
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
A well-defined Williams's Class A Type 6 mount comprising a D-shaped plaque with high-relief central tree or skeleton, a serpent to each lateral edge with divided tail coiled over the 'tree's' trefoil finial, head at the tree's base; beast-head finial with loop above; shallow ledge to the reverse, two circular piercings above. 31.4 grams, 50 mm
Found Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK. From an East Anglian private collection.
