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Viking Penannular Brooch and Chain Set Viking Penannular Brooch and Chain Set Viking Penannular Brooch and Chain Set
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LOT 1860

Viking Penannular Brooch and Chain Set

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

17 1/4 in. (94 grams, 44 cm long).

Comprising: a matched pair of gilt-bronze penannular brooches, each a twisted shank with outward coiled finials and a long round-section pin with coil attachment; a bronze box-link chain attached to the two brooches by flat-section hoops, with a second length of similar chain. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Dutch collection.
Ex TimeLine Originals, Essex, UK, in 2008.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari II The Artefacts, Helsinki, 1982, p.113; Ewing, T., Viking Clothing, Stroud, 2007, p.39 and fig.3, for discussion.

CONDITION
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LOT 1860

Viking Penannular Brooch and Chain Set

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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