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LOT 1526
Viking Period Bronze Pin Collection with Lobed Cross Finials
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 - 8 5/8 in. (196 grams total, 14-22 cm).
Together with suspension loops and including examples with pendants. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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LOT 1526
Viking Period Bronze Pin Collection with Lobed Cross Finials
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Large Viking Silver Pendant with Concentric Circle Design
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Repoussé complete with an applied suspension loop, central dome. 7.46 grams, 53 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Pre-Viking Gold Filigree Aroma Bucket Pendant
4th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Adorned with granule clusters to the sidewall and a granulated cross to convex base. 1.40 grams, 14 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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. -
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Zig-Zag Design
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Engraved vertically between clusters of ribs, the penannular hoop with a convex outer face and expanded central section. 113 grams, 75 mm wide
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
