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LOT 0354

Viking Bronze Scales Set

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

17 3/4 in. (53.5 grams, 45 cm).

Comprising: articulated arms for a scale balance with spike gnomon and loop handle; two hemispherical bowls each with suspension holes at the rim, four short chains connected to a hemispherical distributor with triangular dangle below. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Graham-Campbell, J. & Philpott, R., The Huxley Viking Hoard - Scandinavian Settlement in the North West, Liverpool, 2009, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0354

Viking Bronze Scales Set

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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