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Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads
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LOT 1639

Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 in. (28.7 grams, 52 mm).

With bronze handle formed as two opposing dragons, each biting its own tail forming the loops; iron striker below. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 2.

CONDITION
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LOT 1639

Viking Bronze Handled Firesteel with Conjoined Horse Heads

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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