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LOT 1425
Viking Age Silver Ring with Scrolls
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.32 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 19.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2 , USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
Lozengiform bezel with stud to each angle, incised hatched design. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s.
From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.111(9), for type.
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Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Cross
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With reserved cross on a textured field, bifacial design, pierced suspension lug. 2.3 grams, 24 mm
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Viking Age Bronze Ring with Stamped Design
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With lozengiform plaque, pointillé detailing. 2.78 grams, 21.79 mm overall, 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Acquired 1970s-1980s. From the collection of a German gentleman living in London. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection, since 2015. -
Viking Age Bronze Sword Scabbard Chape Collection
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
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.
