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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]
Provenance
Private 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.
Literature
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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