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LOT 0326
Viking Age Silver Thor's Hammer Necklace
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
30 in. (116 grams, 76 cm long).
Comprising: an openwork trichinopoly chain with D-section beast-head terminals each with granule and filigree detailing, pierced at the lower end to accept a round-section hoop by two further rings to a hoop with free-running hollow silver Thor's hammer pendant with filigree ornament to the upper face. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Accompanied by a specialist metal analysis report.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11896-203749.
Cf. Magnus, B. et al., Bird, Beast and Man in Nordic Iron Age Art, Vol.2, Koln, 2005, items 77, 106, 239 (chain), Kongl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens Månadsblad, 1895 (pendant).
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Viking Age Silver Openwork Strap End
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With stylised hammer motif and three surrounding brackets to accept straps. 16.4 grams, 43 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
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. -
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Collection
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising: disc with openwork cross cerecelé in a pelletted ring; gilded with regardant beast (surface worn); gilt disc with integral loop, applied glass cabochons in cells linked by a hexagonal band; small disc with facing mask and two birds; openwork disc with gripping beast in a banded rim. 31 grams total, 19-37 mm
Acquired before 1990. Ex property of a professional collector.
