Viking Gilt Beast Mount

10th-12th century AD. A gilt-bronze disc mount with billeted border, low-relief design of a facing figure with rosettes to the hands in a ring of linked roundels. 9.5 grams, 47mm (2"). Part of a West

10th-12th century AD. A bronze harness pendant mount, elliptical in plan with beaded border, two attachment holes and loops below; to the centre of the mount a stylised beast facing back with raised t

Circa 6th century A.D. A rectangular gilt copper-alloy Style 1 mount displaying a chip-carved beast facing right; remains of a mounting lug to reverse. Cf. Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B., Wayl

10th-12th century AD. A matched set of triangular and lozenge-shaped gilt-bronze plaques, each with edges, two lateral fixing lugs. 42 grams total, 18-22mm (3/4 - 1"). Property of a London businessman

9th-12th century AD. A pair of bronze mounts comprising: one leaf-shaped with raised piriform beast-head panel; one scaphoid with best-head mask, banded collar above. 25 grams total, 48-49mm (2"). Fro

10th century AD. A heart-shaped pierced mount with scroll details. 7.13 grams, 25mm (1"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Cf. Murasheva, V.V. Drevnerusski

10th-12th century AD. A mixed group of gilt-bronze and silver mounts comprising: one crescentic with fillet to the border, gilded; one silver crescentic with niello detail; one heart-shaped with pelle

11th century AD. A D-section bronze harness cheek-piece comprising a domed loop, short shank, Ringerike Style profile beast on a baseline with tail curled round across the rump. Cf. Williams, D. Anglo

11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class A, Type 11 formed as a tongue-shaped plaque with pierced trefoil finial, wolf with its head thrown back modelled in high relief, pierced twi

11th-12th century AD. A flat-section triangular openwork mount formed as an advancing lion in a mesh of scrolled fronds and tendrils, four large studs to the reverse. Cf. similar scrolled foliage on t

French Antique gilt bronze and champlevé bowl with mythical beast mounts France gilt bronze, enamel, onyx unmarked 6 5/8"dia x 5 1/8"h

Zsolnay Hungarian porcelain 19th century centerpiece boat form bowl with gilt bronze figures mythical beasts and carriage mounts. The gondola form bowl in cream ground with pierced and scrolled border

Exceptionally Rare 8th-10th C. Excavated Scandinavian Viking Battle Sword having Fabulous Gilt Copper Hilt Mounts with Punched Designs. Despite few Deteriorations to the Blade, this Museum-worthy Exam

11th century AD. A gilt-bronze discoid mount with central rosette and hexafoil frame, pin to the reverse. Cf. Arwidsson, G. Birka II: 2 Systematische Analysen der Gräberfunde, Uppsala, 1986, p.128,

9th-11th century AD. A group of silver-gilt belt mounts, a buckle and belt plate, comprising: eighteen convex shield-shaped mounts with central scrolling vine leaf and grape cluster motif, three attac

French Napoleon III period ebonized jardiniere, late 19th c., pierced gilt metal gallery, encasing interior metal liner, winged beast mounts, over stretcher with central inset marble, rising on shaped

DESCRIPTION: Antique ceramic vase featuring polychrome enameled floral and foliage motifs and Barbedienne-style bronze mounts with beast's heads and openwork. Completed with gilt accents. CIRCA: Early

10th-14th century AD. A group of gilded bronze artefacts comprising of: a large silver pellet-shaped mount with central raised tear-shaped section, a thin bronze sheet to the underside; a circular app

DESCRIPTION: Centerpiece composed of crystal bowl and gilt bronze mount decorated with three beast's heads. CIRCA: 20th Century ORIGIN: French DIMENSIONS: H: 7.75" W: 10.5" L: 11.25" CONDITION: Minor

H: 10.7 cm. Diam: 9.8 cm. Weight 480 gram.

An 18th Century Chinese Imari vase, with later European gilt metal mounts, the bulbous vase decorated in underglaze blue and red and gilt with phoenix and a grotesque beast among rockwork and branches

11th century A.D. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 16, composed of a rectangular plaque with high-relief tendril and scroll ornament, facing beast head above with everted ears, pierce

11th century A.D. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 16, composed of a rectangular plaque with high-relief tendril and scroll ornament, facing beast head above with everted ears, pierce

French Amethyst Glass Gilt Bronze Mount Cache Pot"FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY A French amethyst glass gilt bronze mounted cache pot. The box sits on beast styled feet and is adorned with free hanging bronze