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LOT 1768
Viking Age Silver Ring with Coiled Bezel
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.60 grams, 19.28 mm overall, 15.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
Formed as a tapering wire hoop with the ends bound round the shank. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
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Viking Age Gold 'Elf Shot' Pendant
9th-11th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Decorated sheet gold sleeve, hoof-shaped stone mounted in the socket; loop absent. 0.18 grams, 10 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This amulet was believed to offer protection against 'Elfshot'. The attack of elves was believed responsible for mysterious suffering in men and livestock: sudden shooting pains localised to a particular area of the body, such as in rheumatism, arthritis or muscle stitches or cramps. Elves were thought to shoot darts or arrows where such pains had no obvious external cause. Belief in elfshot persisted into the 20th century in rural areas, and as proof country folk would sometimes find small arrowheads (the remains of Neolithic or Mesolithic flints, or naturally-occurring spear-shaped stones) that were believed to be the magical weapons that caused the afflictions. Belief in elfshot began in the Pagan Germanic period.
