COLLECTION OF VIKING SILVER OBJECTS

Ca. AD 700 - 1000. A collection of five silver objects including a silver drop-shaped pendant of flat section, decorated with bands of punched dots and a series of raised hemispheres; a pair of matching silver penannular brooches, each with triangular plates joined by a round-section loop, the plates ornamented with raised dot motifs, one retaining its pin; a slender silver rod terminal with a flattened tip and a circular knob finial; and a silver penannular brooch with elongated triangular plates and an attached pin. For similar see: G. P. Brogiolo, F. Marazzi, C. Giostra, I Longobardi, Skira, 2017, p. 321. Size: 36.2-73mm x 49-47mm; Weight: 46.2g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market before 2000.