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LOT 0314

Viking Bronze Decorated Jeweller's Hammer

9TH–EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 in. (50 grams total, 11.4 cm including stand).

Comprising: trapezoidal body with impressed ropework band to one face; flared conical arm with piening face, hatching to narrow end; rectangular-section blade with herringbone ornament to upper face, narrow working face; mounted on a custom-made stand.

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.

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LOT 0314

Viking Bronze Decorated Jeweller's Hammer

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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