Loading, please wait...
LOT 1733
Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals
10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
16.2 cm (134 grams, 16 cm).
A twisted neck-ring coiled almost double with looped ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent.
From an important private family collection of arms and armour.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Stirrup Apex Mount
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Of Williams's Class B Type 3 Group 1 with openwork plaque, bear-head beneath two opposed wolf-heads, angled ledge with ferrous fixing studs. 27.36 grams, 39 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Pre-Viking Silver Filigree Aroma Bucket Pendant
Circa 4th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Miniature drum-shaped vessel with strap handle, extensive filigree decoration on the body. 2.77 grams, 21 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Bound Odin Openwork Stirrup Apex Mount Upper Section
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Of an excessively rare example of Williams Class A, Type 3 showing a standing nude man with beard and long moustache, an animal-like form around the man's waist extending towards the flanking serpents on each side. 14.8 grams, 41 mm
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Based on comparable examples, when complete the serpents' tails wrapped around the man's legs, and their open jaws gaped on either side of his head.
