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LOT 1503
Viking Silver Pin Finial and Medieval Bronze Animal Head
9TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.28 grams total, 20-21 mm).
The pin finial formed with a round-section stem and facetted head, each of four faces displaying a punched ring-and-dot motif; a zoomorphic strap end terminal, formed as a beast in relief, possibly Romanesque. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English collection formed before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 1503
Viking Silver Pin Finial and Medieval Bronze Animal Head
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Viking Age Bronze Pendant Pair
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Of openwork form, each displaying the same zoomorphic design with large eyes. 36.5 grams total, 46 mm each
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Apex Stirrup Mount
11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With pentagonal body bearing zoomorphic designs, pierced close to the apex for attachment to a stirrup-strap, with two holes close to the lower edge and ledge to the reverse; Williams's Class A Type 16. 22.39 grams, 47 mm
Found Hampshire, UK.
This mount is not typical of the Class but the trilobe 'topknot' at the apex is clearly based on the design of Type 16 with a facing animal-head. -
Viking Age Bronze Apothecary Spoon with Bound Loki
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
The miniature oval-shaped bowl and tapering stem terminating in a trapezoidal panel displaying the god Loki standing facing, hands raised above the head, within a ropework border; two mounting rivets to the reverse. 4.3 grams, 41 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Loki was the Norse god of mischief, trickery and deception.
