Bidspirit auction | VIKING GILT-BRONZE ROUND FITTING WITH

VIKING GILT-BRONZE ROUND FITTING WITH HEAD OF ODIN - Ca. AD 800 - 950. A circular bronze brooch with a gilded surface, displaying a schematic face of Odin within a raised border of punched dots. The reverse with attachment prongs and a catch.For similar see: T. Martin, Dressing the Anglos-Saxon body: corporal. meanings and Artefacts in Early England, 2014, F. 2 The main types of early Saxon brooch. (a) Great square-headed brooch from Lakenheath, Suffolk. (b) Cruciform brooch from West Stow, Suffolk. (c) Small long brooch from Great Chesterford, Essex. (d) Saucer brooch from Welford, Berkshire (PAS find number BERK-A6EC93).Size: 18mm x 18mm; Weight: 5gProvenance: London collection; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; formerly acquired on the London art market pre-2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.