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LOT 1255
Viking Period Silver Axe Pendant Group
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (8.93 grams total, 32-34 mm).
A trio of silver axehead pendants of different forms, each suspended on a free-running silver ring with overlapping and coiled arms; two decorated with punched annulets to one face, a third with punched triangles populated with single pellets. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104(5).
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Viking Period Silver Ring and Bird Pendant Group
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A trio of silver jewellery items comprising: two slender annular rings with overlapping terminals and coiled collars; a free-running pendant in the form of a stylised bird with eye and body detailing, three suspension loops and remaining chain links below. 7.51 grams total, 22-53 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000. Property of an East London gentleman. -
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A silver pendant comprising a free-running sub-triangular axehead pendant with flanges to the socket, one face with border of tremolier ornament; slender ring with terminals coiled around the shank. 1.38 grams, 38 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000. Property of an East London gentleman. -
Viking Age Embossed Repoussé Bracelet
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A flat-section copper-alloy bracelet, the penannular body decorated with repoussé pellets to upper nad lower edges, medial band of pellets enclosed by incised circlets. 19 grams, 58 mm
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
