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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.
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