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LOT 1721
Viking Iron Fire Strikers
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (53 grams total, 66-68 mm).
Group of two openwork fire strikers, each with with scrolled vegetal ornament. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Austria.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, items 3a, 3b, for type.
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