Copper-alloy, 43.23 grams, 68.79 mm. Circa 10th-12th century AD. A sheet copper-alloy bracelet formed from a thin (1 - 1.5mm) plate, expending towards the central section and recurved at each end. The closed ends each hold a small copper-alloy ring. The ends are decorated with punched geometric patterns of square points and s-curves, annulets and dot-in-triangles, forming two outer bands with a quincunx of annulets in the middle. Reference: cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, p.257 item 36. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 54.55 grams, 75.42 mm. Circa 10th-12th century AD. A cast copper-alloy penannular bracelet of carinated profile with integral beast-head terminals, one with mouth detailing, the clubbed ends forming the snout with transverse hatching and two raised triangular ears. Behind the heads, four rows of punched dot-in-triangle ornament forming serpentine bodies, terminating in incised saltires. The form of the bracelet with D-section band, clubbed ends and punched decoration is a continuing theme in Viking period personal ornament found in the North Sea and Baltic Sea settlements. Reference: cf. similar profile on two bracelets from Grave 765 at Luistari, Finland, published in Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari (Finland), A History of Weapons and Ornaments, Helsinki, 2000, plate 28. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 45.62 grams, 72.30 mm. Circa 10th-12th century AD. A cast copper-alloy penannular bracelet of carinated profile with integral beast-head terminals, the clubbed ends forming the snout with transverse hatching and two raised triangular ears. Behind the heads, four rows of punched dot-in-triangle ornament forming serpentine bodies, terminating in annular punchmarks. The form of the bracelet with D-section band, clubbed ends and punched decoration is a continuing theme in Viking period personal ornament found in the North Sea and Baltic Sea settlements. Reference: cf. similar profile on two bracelets from Grave 765 at Luistari, Finland, published in Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari (Finland), A History of Weapons and Ornaments, Helsinki, 2000, plate 28. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 80.94 grams, 131.36 mm. 10th-11th century. A substantial arm ring of Baltic Viking provenance. The expanded central portion is decorated with moulded spiral band decoration in imitation of the usual twisted-rectangular bar rings. The terminals are thinned and flattened; one is narrow and pointed and the other is spatulate. Reference: Reference: Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L.,Luistari (Finland), A History of Weapons and Ornaments, Helsinki, 2000, p.118-21. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 19.87 grams, 209 mm. 9th-11th century AD. A sturdy round-section pin with its upper end split, flattened and coiled into two spirals. Pins of this kind were used by high-status women among the Baltic Vikings to secure their shawls and cloaks. Reference: cf. Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Latvian National Museum, 2005, items 225-6. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 170 grams, 715 mm. Brooches 61.58 mm & 61.18 mm. Circa 9th-10th century AD. A rare complete ensemble of two pierced plate brooches and their decorative chain attachments, complete and with both pins intact. The brooches are tinned, with a pierced rectangular headplate and pierced expanding triangular footplate. Behind each brooch is a spiral fitting to secure the ends of a pair of finely-wrought chains, each formed from double-links. The two chains are of unequal length in order to allow the outer one to hang below and parallel to the inner. Reference: Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L.,Luistari (Finland), A History of Weapons and Ornaments, grave 1260; plate 57 item 7. Very fine condition; Ex European collection.

Silver, 18.29 grams, 255 mm. 12th century AD. A D-section penannular brooch with clubbed ends, surmounted by rectangular studs, its pin formed as a round-section rod with D-shaped attachment panel decorated with punched roundels in lines. Attached to this by a silver loop is a trichinopoly chain with conical finials ending in loops. At the other end is a flat annular plate with punched pellet and triangle decoration. Reference: cf. similar from grave 138 at Pavirvyte-Gudai in Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigalians, Latvia, 2005, item 438. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection.

Copper-alloy, 220 grams, 16.35 cm. Circa 10th century AD. A skilfully made neck-ring formed from four sturdy zinc-rich copper-alloy rods, each thicker at the centre (about 6mm) than the ends (about 3mm) to give an expanding profile to the finished article. The rods were first wound in pairs, then formed into the final complex plait, with the ends carefully fused to form the hook-and-eye closure. Each end has a collar of much finer wire (about 1mm) bound around the lower 1.5cm from which the hook and eye elements emerge. The form of the arm-ring is distinctively Scandinavian, and the find-spot is in the Kingdom of York where there was extensive contact with both Scandinavia and the Viking-dominated port and markets of the Isle of Man and Dublin. Similar rings were among the treasures of the Cuerdale hoard from Lancashire which was deposited in the opening years of the tenth century (from the coins, a date circa AD 905 is considered likely, although dates drawn from purely numismatic evidence can be revised from time to time). The form of the ring is of a standard ‘East Baltic’ type. Reference: Hårdh, B. Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional Economic Study, Stockholm, 1996, p.191ff. Published: Hammond, Brett. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 17.91 grams, 53.15 mm. 10th-12th century AD. A pendant in the form of a square-end axe-head with a discoid lobe on the inner face, embellished with an inner double border, a series of punched roundels and incised triangles, and pierced centrally through the blade. The thick neck is centrally pierced for suspension. Reference: cf. the later medieval example published in Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Latvian National Museum, 2005, item 1114. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.