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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 Inspired Silver Penannular Omega Brooch Collection
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A group of flat-section Mordvinian type brooches, decorated to the trapezoidal plates with raised pellets, reserved scroll tendrils, hatching and other ornament. 91 grams total, 52-57 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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, particularly on female garments. In this late Viking period their coins demonstrated Russian and Eastern Roman influences in their art and jewellery. -
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The ring carinated with T-shaped spur split at the inner edge, pin curled around the shank. 37 grams, 67 mm
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