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LOT 1247
Viking Penannular Brooch
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (19.2 grams, 46 mm).
A penannular bronze brooch with a tapering body and upturned terminals each with a polygonal knop with nine faces, with pricked dot and annulet decoration; the apex of the hoop with a tripartite collar, flanked by symmetrical decorative motifs comprising concentric triangles composed of pricked dots and with annulet fill and annulets to the apexes, framed by lozenges composed of four annulets; free-running pin composed of a tapering tongue with headplate coiled around the brooch, the head decorated with raised bands and chevrons. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.52.
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A copper-alloy trefoil whorl mount composed of three intertwined openwork dragons with pierced eyes; multiple mounting perforations. 12.8 grams, 39 mm
Fine condition.
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Viking Period Silver Jewellery Group
8th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A mixed group of silver jewellery items comprising: a free-running axehead pendant suspended on a silver ring with overlapping arms and coiled sleeves; an earring composed of a tapering round-section penannular hoop, graduated conical knops to each terminal; an incomplete and misshapen penannular hoop decorated with flowerhead collars, filigree rings to each upper and lower face. 19.9 grams total, 34-50 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000. Property of an East London gentleman. -
Pre-Viking Silver Filigree Aroma Bucket Pendant
4th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A silver pendant formed as a miniature bucket with applied filigree bands to the strap handle and body, granules to the median panel of the body and at the junction with the handle. 4.28 grams, 25 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages.
