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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]
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
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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Viking Age Hack Silver Bar
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
An irregular rectangular-section silver bar with roughly cut ends. 6.81 grams, 35 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
Viking Age Gold Hammer Amulet
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
A sheet-gold hammer amulet formed by doubling a single gold sheet; bifacial pellet ornament tracing the perimeter of the hammer and a central motif mimicking the broad plan of the weapon; suspension loop formed within the fold at the neck. 1.57 grams, 20 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The techniques used to manufacture this pendant (working sheet gold and granulation) had been in the repertoire of the Scandinavian goldsmith since the Iron Age and formed part of the manufacturing process for bracteate pendants and other jewellery items (Reynolds Brown, K. et al., From Attila to Charlemagne. Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p.15-16, 310-1). -
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
A silver axehead pendant and suspension loop with ends coiled about the shank. 1.68 grams, 31 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. UK private collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
