Viking Bronze Entwined Birds Sword Pommel

11TH CENTURY AD

1 3/4" (32 grams, 37 mm).

A hollow-cast pommel-cap, U-shaped in section with central hole to the upper face to accept the end of the sword's tang; the surface with three interlaced beasts modelled in high relief in Urnes Style, each biting its neighbour, two with a lentoid wing with one notched edge; raised border and D-shaped panels to the shorter edges.

Provenance

Found Boylestone, Derbyshire, UK, on 7th March 2009; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme museum report.

Literature

Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference number: WMID-2FF927.

CONDITION

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LOT 0467

Viking Bronze Entwined Birds Sword Pommel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,655

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