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LOT 0369

Viking and Later Fire-Striker Collection

11TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 - 5 1/4 in. (523 grams total, 2.9-13.2 cm).

Comprising: two galley-shaped firesteels each with a core formed as looped corrugations in a sturdy frame with one scrolled end and flat underside for the striking face; fragment of a similar item formed as an advancing horse with saddle; mounted on a custom-made stand. [4]

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Cacciandra, V. & Cesati, A., Fire Steels, Turin, 1996; cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144.

CONDITION

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LOT 0369

Viking and Later Fire-Striker Collection

Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)

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