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LOT 1346
Viking Age Traded Hacked Gold Bar Section
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.42 grams, 14 mm).
The rectangular bar with a cut at each end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
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Viking Age Silver-Gilt Beast Pendant
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
The openwork body roughly triangular in plan with rounded corners, the apex formed as a facing beast head, the frame as the creature's sinuous limbs which form an interlace motif below; suspension loop above. 7.18 grams, 33 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Mount with Interlaced Serpents
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Squat-bodied and triangular in form; short tab with rivet hole to apex, ledge with rivet to reverse of the lower edge, displaying high-relief interlaced serpent design with head above the lower edge. 22.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired early 1990s. From an East Anglian private collection.
The mount is not included in Williams's study of Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mounts, which is now more than twenty years old. However, it is evidently an example of Class B, while lacking the bear-mask and openwork features. Its design appears to derive from a Class A type (Williams's nos.380, 383) which shares the feature of the facing serpent-head placed centrally on the lower edge. -
Viking Age Silver Expandable Ring
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With broad hoop tapering to extensions forming a coiled continuation of the hoop; Baltic Semigallian type. 4.60 grams, 23.19 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Acquired 1970s. From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
