Loading, please wait...
LOT 0360
Viking Bronze Boar Brooch
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (98 grams, 57 mm).
Decorative upper surface attached to a plain back-plate with spring-lugs and catchplate intact; the upper face divided by a heavy cast median rib with geometric ornament in the outer panels, arranged symmetrically along the rib with a similar transverse band; the corners of the wider end reinforced with vertical posts ending in heavy lobed ‘ears’; the upper-end panel with a continuation of the median rib, traces of ornamental interlace; the lower-end panel plain; hollow-cast. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.18; Nerman Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II Tafel11 4abc, Tafel12 2-4abc; British Museum, reference number 1921,1101.114.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Duck-Foot Pendants
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
A rectangular bronze pendant formed as a pair of addorsed horse-heads in profile and openwork panel; bar with seven articulated chains each terminating in a pendant formed as the foot of a wading bird, Finno-Ugric type. 146 grams, 15 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
.jpg)
Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch Wing Pair
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Two tongue-shaped panels forming two of the three arms of a trefoil brooch; each with a low-relief design of ring-and-dot motifs connected by straps with lateral spurs. 17.6 grams total, 37 mm each
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
The two panels bear the same design and clearly belong o the same brooch; the variation in their modern appearance is probably due to the soil conditions in which they were preserved. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Beast Facing Back Brooch
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Disc brooch with low-relief regardant beast motif within a segmented border; loop to the reverse. 6.71 grams, 29 mm
Found Costessey, Norfolk, UK. Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.NMS-AAD19D.
