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LOT 1769
Viking Period Penannular Brooch Group
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 5/8 in. (11.4 grams total, 24-41 mm).
Comprising: a silver omega-shaped roundel with applied granule clusters; penannular brooch with scrolled finials and pin looped around the shank. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Viking Age Twisted Bronze Bracelet
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Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s. -
Viking Bronze Decorated Spoon
10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
With shallow bowl and bulb to the neck, square-section handle with twisted shank, collar and knop finial; reverse of bowl with lattice motif; mounted on a custom-made stand. 15.4 grams, 13.5 cm (39 grams total, 14.7 cm including stand)
Acquired on the London art market, 1995. Private collection, London.
The lattice motif has parallels in the art of the Vars and other cultures of the Hungarian plain. Scandinavian contact with that part of Europe was maintained by trade and settlement along the Volga and other waterways. The city of Kyiv was ruled by Scandinavian Rus for some centuries. -
Viking Period Bronze Annular Brooch
11th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The ring carinated with T-shaped spur split at the inner edge, pin curled around the shank. 37 grams, 67 mm
From N.S. Wales, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.15, 21, 30, 31; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
