Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF VIKING ERA SILVER

COLLECTION OF VIKING ERA SILVER BRACELETS - Ca. AD 800 - 1102. A collection of three silver bracelets comprising one large, heavy bracelet with a ribbed, segmented body and broad, flat terminals decorated with stamped sunburst and concentric circle motifs. The surface is divided by deeply incised diagonal bands bordered by rows of punched dots. The two accompanying bracelets are narrower and flat in profile, both of penannular form. One bears a plain surface with slight edge bevelling and a central ridge, while the other is decorated at the terminals with ropework motifs.For similar see: J. A. Graham-Campbell, The Viking-age silver and gold hoards of Scandinavian character from Scotland, Plate 12, PSAS 107; O. Montelius, Catalogue of the Collection of Antiquities from the Swedish Viking Age, Plate XX.Size: 50-85mm x 40-80mm; Weight: 70gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.