Viking Bronze Bird Brooch with Cross

10TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (10.06 grams, 31 mm).

The bird in profile with equal-arm cross on its back, linear detail to the wing and tail, lentoid eye, loop below the chest; loop to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Winteringham, Humberside, UK.

Literature

Cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.1.3-a.

CONDITION

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LOT 1506