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LOT 1640

Viking Bronze Bird Brooch

10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (10.9 grams, 38 mm).

Modelled in profile with radiating tripartite crest, triangular stub wing, splayed feet, catch and pin-lugs to the reverse.

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Pedersen, A., ‘ Birds of Prey or Doves. Early Medieval bird-shaped brooches’ in Aarboger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie 1999 (2001), 2001, pp.19-66, fig.22, for similar brooch; Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013, item 1.1.3-d.

Footnotes

Bird brooches from the late Viking era have been found in Scandinavia as well in the English Danelaw, through to the early Norman era; such brooches can be dated to the 11th and even early 12th century.

CONDITION

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LOT 1640

Viking Bronze Bird Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £176

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