Rare Viking Gilt Silver Belt Mount Group (Ten)

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

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-15th century AD. A group of silver gilt belt fittings comprising: a roundel with rosette, two attachment lugs to the back; three heart-shaped mounts with scrolling plant motif and three attachmen

7th-10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze and silver-gilt belt fittings comprising: a tongue-shaped buckle plate with integral bow, high-relief foliage motif, three attachment pins to the reverse;

7th-10th century AD. A mixed group of belt mounts comprising: a rectangular silver with chamfered edges, parcel gilt crescent motif; a silver heater-shaped mount with gilt heraldic design; a bronze tr

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

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

10th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze belt fittings with low-relief zoomorphic and tendril ornament. 61.3 grams total, 26-50mm (1 - 2"). Property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011; fo

10th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze belt fittings including a buckle, tag and mounts with ring pendants. See Fodor, I. The Ancient Hungarians, Budapest, 1996. 37 grams total, 6-31mm (1/4 - 1

10th-12th century AD. A mixed group of bronze mounts in varying types including rectangular, heart-shaped, heater-shaped and other forms. 18 grams total, 10-25mm (1/2 - 1"). Property of a London busin

9th-11th century AD. A group of bronze belt fittings comprising: six D-shaped with openwork loop above, scrolled bands and central cross in lozenge plaque, three studs to the reverse; two smaller with

7th-9th century A.D. A silver-gilt belt mount with two facing ducks inscribed in a tondo in repoussé technique, pearled edged and triangular ornament with volutes. See similar style in art decoration

10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze belt fittings including chevron mounts, heart-shaped mounts, buckle with plate and tongue-shaped tag; most with tinned panel to the obverse; tag with impressed

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-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze mounts comprising: one square with quatrefoil; one heart-shaped with void to upper edge; two rectangular with lobe and socket on the shorter edges; six hea

8th-10th century AD. A mixed group of heater-shaped cast belt mounts, possibly Avar or Khazar, with scroll detailing suggesting an animal-mask; fixing pins to the reverse. 34 grams total, 20-28mm (3/4

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

17th-18th century AD. A suite of four rectangular gilt plaques with applied filigree and granule detailing, central cabochon in a raised cell with cage. 28 grams, 27-29mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Europ

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�

11th-13th century AD. A mixed group of bronze mounts comprising: three with facing animal mask; one with facing male mask; one with bird-head and beak forming a hook. 6.58 grams, 13-19mm (1/2 - 3/4").

RARE NICE CAUCASIAN GILT SILVER NIELLO JEWELLED WAIST BELT A superb 19th century silver waist belt, fire gilded and set with glass-paste gems. Very rich gold colour. Multi-panel hinged belt, composed

10th-11th century AD. A group of silver-gilt belt ornaments comprising: a D-section hollow-formed hoop; a buckle with tongue-shaped plaque and reserved quadruped on a punched field; a tongue-shaped st

12th-15th century AD. A mixed group of silver-gilt mounts, each a median bulb with flanking arched arms, one pierced to the centre. 12 grams total, 18-23mm (3/4 - 1"). English private collection; acqu

RARE ART DECO HUMMINGBIRD HEAD BROACH W/GILT SILVER MOUNTS, C. 1920