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LOT 1666

Viking Bronze Fire Steel with Mounted Warriors

CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (33.3 grams, 64 mm).

With handle formed as stylised regardant beasts, openwork cells between, each head defined on both sides by a stamped dot-in-ring motif signifying an eye; iron below, also with an elaborate openwork design comprising a series of circles. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

See Cacciandra, V. & Cesati, A., Fire Steels, Turin, 1996, for discussion.

CONDITION
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LOT 1666

Viking Bronze Fire Steel with Mounted Warriors

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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