Viking Silver 'Hoard' and Vessel

10TH-12TH CENTURY AD

1/2 - 5", 4 3/4" (760 grams total (silver 230 grams), items 10-130mm, pot 120mm diameter).

A silver 'hoard' group comprising: a twisted silver bracelet; a spiral with two intersecting smaller spirals; four pieces of round-section hacksilver; five D-section ingot fragments; nine square-section ingot fragments; a flat hacksilver bar; a length of trichinopoly chain; an openwork strap tag(?); an openwork pendant with figural detail (broken); five penannular finger rings; six rings with ends coiled about the shank; six annular rings.

Provenance

Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990.

Literature

See Graham-Campbell, J. & Williams, G. (eds.) Silver Economy in the Viking Age, Walnut Creek, 2007; Graham-Campbell, J & Philpott, R. The Huxley Viking Hoard - Scandinavian Settlement in the North West, Liverpool, 2009.

CONDITION

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LOT 0570

Viking Silver 'Hoard' and Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,125

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