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LOT 1482
Viking Bronze Bird Brooch
10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (7.12 grams, 30 mm).
Modelled in profile with detailed high-relief plumage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, item 1.1.3-d.
FootnotesZoomorphic brooches were a long lived tradition in Germanic communities, including amongst Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians. Most types appear to have fallen out of use in the 11th century, except the ones linked with Christian symbology.
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