Copper-alloy, 11.69 grams, 42.01 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A cast strap end of D-shaped profile. The openwork decoration comprises a central column with flared triangular middle section between the two outer edges with curled inner protrusions. The wide upper end is decorated with three ring-and-dot motifs, and a further example is placed on the central panel on both upper and lower surfaces. The lower end features a discoid terminal with a circular piercing. The central column may represent the Mjötviðr or World-Tree which sustains all creation. Reference: cf. openwork strap end in Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.327. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 5.29 grams, 41.17 mm. 9th-11th century AD. Modelled on an eastern Baltic strap end type from the late Viking period. The split upper end bears a panel of ring-and-dot decoration in vertical rows. Below this is a tongue-shaped panel displaying a beast within a curved inner border: its hindlegs can be seen descending from the triangular upper section of the body on either side. The plain reverse is still firmly attached; there is minor damage to the left extremity of the strap end. Reference: for similar decorative items cf. Griciuviene, E. Seliai: The Selonians, Riga, 2007. Very fine condition. Ex an old American collection.

Copper-alloy, 13.57 grams, 44.20 mm. Circa 10th-11th century AD. This tongue-shaped strap end is decorated in the late 10th century Ringerike Style, consisting of two opposed serpentine creatures enmeshed in their own tendril extensions, within a scutiform border. At the upper edge the attachment plate is pierced with two holes to accept rivets. The design is documented on other examples from this period, e.g. the strap end from Lower Brook St., Winchester. Reference: Backhouse, J., Turner, D.H., Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, London, 1984, p.96 item 82. Very fine condition. Found Hertfordshire.