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LOT 1756
Viking Period Bronze Artefact Group
MAINLY 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 4 1/8 in. (239 grams total, 1.2-10.6 cm).
Including strap ends, buckle loops, brooch fragments, bracelet sections, and other items. [42, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With a hoop with overlapping terminals and coiled wire sleeves; free-running axehead pendant decorated with a single ring-and-dot motif from which radiate rows of pecked lines. 6.1 grams, 53 mm
Fine condition.
Dorset, UK, collection, 1990s. Ex property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Viking Period Bronze Bracelet Group
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Each a flat-section penannular strip with low-relief geometric ornament to the outer face. 29 grams, 65-68 mm
Previously in a collection formed in the 1970s on the UK art market. From the property of L.F. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Scandinavian Viking Silver Dragon-Headed Iron Pin
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
With silver head comprising a profile dragon-head with openwork jaws, hatched detailing to face and neck, collar with pierced lug to rear; attached to round-section iron spike; short length of double-loop chain attached to lug. 75 grams, 14.7 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12733-234716. 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.
