CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
FIVE VIKING ANTIQUITIES
circa 10th-12th century a.d.
Including a Viking or Saxon gold finger ring formed of a thick rod with tapered ends bent to form a closed ring, slightly faceted along its length; a Rune-stone style bronze openwork buckle, the loop and plate a single piece, in the form of an interlace knot, the tongue-rest and the attachment plate with palmettes; a Ringerike-style bronze openwork buckle in the form of two animals grasping the attachment bar in their gaping jaws, their bodies merging into tendrils, developing into a single openwork knot with a floreate terminal as the tongue-rest; an Urnes-style bronze brooch cast in the form of a dragon-like animal intertwined with scrolling tendrils; and a bronze strap-end in the form of a stylized mask with bulging eyes, with two projecting lobes above, perforations on either side of the rectangular projection, perforated at the end
1 in. (2.55 cm.) wide for the first (5)
circa 10th-12th century a.d.
Including a Viking or Saxon gold finger ring formed of a thick rod with tapered ends bent to form a closed ring, slightly faceted along its length; a Rune-stone style bronze openwork buckle, the loop and plate a single piece, in the form of an interlace knot, the tongue-rest and the attachment plate with palmettes; a Ringerike-style bronze openwork buckle in the form of two animals grasping the attachment bar in their gaping jaws, their bodies merging into tendrils, developing into a single openwork knot with a floreate terminal as the tongue-rest; an Urnes-style bronze brooch cast in the form of a dragon-like animal intertwined with scrolling tendrils; and a bronze strap-end in the form of a stylized mask with bulging eyes, with two projecting lobes above, perforations on either side of the rectangular projection, perforated at the end
1 in. (2.55 cm.) wide for the first (5)
Provenance
Jewellery, Antique Jewellery and Rings, Christie's London, 5 October 1994, lot 1 for the gold ring (excavated at Walpole St. Peter, Cambridgeshire).