Viking Silver mount with Howling beasts c.10th century

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

10th-12th century AD. A ferrous D-shaped purse-mount with two round voids and a median slot to accept the closing strap; bands of inlaid silver coils and tendrils. See Fodor, I. et al. La Hongrie de l

c.11th century A.D. A silver zoomorphic statuette of a 'Great Beast' modelled in the round, standing with a beak-like face, horns, hooves and a fat tail, applied ropework spirals around the eyes and t

c.11th century A.D. A silver zoomorphic statuette of a 'Great Beast' modelled in the round, standing with a beak-like face, horns, hooves and a fat tail, applied ropework spirals around the eyes and t

10th-11th century AD. A silver convex belt mount with scrolled tendril ornament and hatched field, three pins to the reverse. Cf. Fodor, I. et al. La Hongrie de l'An Mil. Naissance d'une Nation Europ�

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

9th-10th century A.D. An iron axehead, triangular in plan with D-shaped socket, square butt, scooped lower profile and curved edge; to each lateral face a silver plaque inlay with interlace and zoomor

10th-12th century. A silver mount with flat curved V-shaped upper part attached to a stylised bird head terminal. 3.89 grams, 23mm (1"). Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art ma

Circa 9th-11th century A.D. With complex beast left, facing back to the right, gripping a tendril, within a double rope border with filigree annulets in the field; suspension loop to the apex, decorat

10th century A.D. An iron D-shaped stirrup with open footplate and rectangular loop to accept a broad strap; the bow with inlaid silver interlace and beasts in Ringerike Style. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I

8th-11th century AD. A silver mount in the form of a standing bird with wing folded back and head held up; detailing of feathers. 5 grams, 25mm (1"). Private collection, UK; formed in the 1980s. [No R

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

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

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

9th-12th century AD. A rock crystal lens pendant with filigree silver mount and integral suspension loop to the top. Cf. Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II: Typentafeln, Stockholm, 199

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

10th-12th century AD. A silver heater-shaped mount with reserved border and dense panel of interlaced tendrils; three attachment holes. 4.71 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Property of a professional collector;

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

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

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

9th-11th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a bronze wire arm ring with ends coiled about the shank; a stirrup mount with high-relief howling wolf motif; a harness mount with socket to the undersid

9th-11th century AD. A silver-gilt wire knotted cross fitting with terminal beads to the ends. 3 grams, 35mm (1 1/4"). Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve]

9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze mounts comprising: one D-shaped with scroll ornament; two triangular, pierced; one a quatrefoil with silver inlay; two heart-shaped with scroll ornament; o