SCANDINAVIAN HEART PENDANT NECKLACE, 11TH-12TH C. AD

Gilt bronze, made by the open face mold process, over 1" height of heart shape. Comprised of addorsed scrolling foliate segments over diamond and chevron base. An evolutionary version of the tradition

A good example is its fully evolved form. Tapered section and fully evolved cusped top with broadly rounded border forming a heart within a heart! 5/8" height plus the loop, made by the open face mold

A fine example in its fully evolved form. Just OVER 5/8” height. Iconic fully developed cusped top full form. The broad raised borders forming the cusp and continuing as the top members of the c

Slightly under 5/8" width of fully evolved cusped top heart form and nicely domed section. Broad-line border scrolling for the cusp and the top of a trefoil, completed by an angular terminal. The form

Gilt bronze. Just under 1” width. A double bordered heart of naturalistic (uncusped) form, a popular theme for Viking heart pendants. The sides nubbed as a saltire. Complementary nub to the bott

11th-12th century AD. A bronze discoid Scandinavian type pendant (also widespread in the historical Rus region), with an advancing regardant beast within a circular border. See Korshyn, V.E. Yazchesky

11th-13th century, the period of conversion to Christianity. Old traditions, beliefs, and superstitions were blended with Christianity during the conversion of Vikings to Christianity. This heart pend

Viking Silver Filigree Pendant, c. 9th-11th Century A.D.Discoid pendant with raised centre, the body worked with fine granules and rope pattern forming rounded hearts, wide suspension loop with patter

About 7/8" height plus the loop. Post Viking, dating about 1200 AD, the period of the Crusades. Form deriving directly from the earlier heart pendants. Stylized form of the natural heart (uncusped) wi

About ¾” height plus the loop. Post Viking, dating about 1200 AD. Form deriving directly from the earlier heart pendants. Stylized form of the natural heart (uncusped) with a nub on the t

Over 7/8" height plus the loop. Post Viking, dating about 1200 AD, the period of the Crusades. Form deriving directly from the earlier heart pendants. Stylized form of the natural heart (uncusped) act

11th century, gilt bronze, just over 7/8" height. The perimeter is a horned crescent moon wrapping around with the tips touching and the whole enclosing a sphere. Very likely representing a lunar ecli

Classic heart form. 5/8" height plus the suspension loop. Central high relief heart in its fully evolved form with cusped top, and beaded surround. The cusp bridged with another forming a pierced hear

Iconic elongated waisted heart form with a finely incised heart, matching for form and beaded border. A heart within a heart! The side indents with nubs. Just under 3/4” in height (0.73”).

Just over 5/8" height (0.65"), total. The Viking heart in its fully developed form with a cusp top formed by the terminals of the broad borders. The center with an elaborate trefoil (foliate motif). B

Rare variation with cully developed cusped heart flanked by tear shaped form, undoubtedly of spiritual significance, now lost. Nubs at the intersections and the firms outlined in deeply engraved borde

Classic heart form. Under 1/2" width (0.47"). Raised borders with an S scroll to the sides, and cusped tope supporting a trefoil, a favorite Viking theme. That feature evidently had spiritual signific

Classic heart form. Over 5/8" width (0.69"). Stylized with the cusp expressed as a pair of wings and thee body with nubbed sixth points, a common feature. Raised border with a beaded border within sur

Classic heart form. Under 5/8" width (0.56"). Stylized with the cusp expressed as a pair of wings and the body with nubbed sixth points, a standard feature. Raised border with a beaded border surround

Classic heart form. Over 5/8" width (0.64"). Stylized with the cusp expressed as a pair of wings and the body with nubbed sixth points, a standard feature. Raised border with a beaded border surroundi

Gilt bronze. 0.51" height, just over ½” plus the loop. Evolutionary form stylized as foliage which is an evolution of the trefoil motif that Vikings favored. Made by the open-face mold tech

A fine example in its evolutionary form. Just under 1” height. The form as an elongated heart with cusped top and nubbed medials which form the terminals of an incised trefoil, a favorite Viking

Charm size, just over 3/4” height including the suspension loop, with nubs at the quarter points defining a saltire. Framed central raised heart of archaic form. A rounded border swelled at the

A good example is its fully evolved form. Tapered section and fully evolved cusped top with broadly rounded border forming a heart within a heart, filled with a pierced trefoil, a favorite Viking imag