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LOT 1221
Viking Period Silver Jewellery Group
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 in. (19.9 grams total, 34-50 mm).
A mixed group of silver jewellery items comprising: a free-running axehead pendant suspended on a silver ring with overlapping arms and coiled sleeves; an earring composed of a tapering round-section penannular hoop, graduated conical knops to each terminal; an incomplete and misshapen penannular hoop decorated with flowerhead collars, filigree rings to each upper and lower face. [3]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.106, 108.
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LOT 1221
Viking Period Silver Jewellery Group
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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