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LOT 1688
Viking Period and Later Bronze Artefact Collection
11TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 2 1/4 in. (58 grams total, 22-59 mm).
Including an omega brooch, bear's head belt buckle and assorted jingles; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Detector Finds 7, Witham, p.105-106, for the bells.
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Viking Period Silver Decorated Bracelet
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising a narrow shank expanding to broad rectangular plaques, each with hatched borders and incised detailing. 16.8 grams, 60 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Viking Inspired Bronze Penannular Omega Brooch
12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A flat-section Mordvinian type brooch comprising a penannular band and two trapezoidal plates; the tongue round-section with flat scroll around the band; the plates each with raised pellets and four pierced lugs to the outer edges. 12.4 grams, 55 mm
Ex property of an Essex gentleman. Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
This type of brooch belongs to the typologies of the omega brooches. It was probably used by Ugro-Finnic people to fasten the shirt at the neck or to attach other lighter garments. These brooches evolved to become very elaborate, with dangling springs from the edges, and were often worn in pairs, destined to female garments. In this late Viking period their coins demonstrated Russian and Eastern Roman influences in their art and jewellery. -
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Very Large Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Trefoil Brooch Wing Pair
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Two tongue-shaped panels forming two of the three arms of a trefoil brooch; each with a low-relief design of ring-and-dot motifs connected by straps with lateral spurs. 17.6 grams total, 37 mm each
Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
The two panels bear the same design and clearly belong o the same brooch; the variation in their modern appearance is probably due to the soil conditions in which they were preserved.
