Baltic Viking 'Scrolled' Bracelet
Copper-alloy, 27.44 grams, 51.05 mm ext.dia. 10th-13th century AD. A late Viking period female bracelet made from a cast longitudinally ribbed bar with the terminals formed by scrolling. Reference: cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, Finnic p.291 figs.10,12 and Baltic p.440, fig.19, p.456 fig.21. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old European collection.