Lot 34
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Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. A delicate and elegant necklace made from nearly pure (99%) silver that has been tightly woven into a sturdy chain that moves with the wearer. Each chain terminal is fastened with a barrel cap bearing crimped upper ends, zigzagging silver filigree encircling the bodies, and narrow suspension loops, also strung onto the chain is an additional ring with applied stippling on one side. Displayed hanging from both loop terminals is a drop-form pendant with a high-arching hook on top, a hemispherical body with radiating arms and a central nubbin, and an integral suspension loop below. A wearable example of Viking artistry covered in fine patina. Size (necklace): 14.5" L (36.8 cm); (pendant): 0.4" W x 1.75" H (1 cm x 4.4 cm); quality of silver: 99%; total weight: 28 grams.
The important Viking metalworking shops correspond to their great trading ports and proto-urban centers - Birka, Helgo, Sigtuna, and Lund in Sweden, Ribe, Haithabu (Hedeby), and Fyrkat in Denmark, and Kaupang and Trondheim in Norway. Silver was the principal currency of the Viking world, which stretched from Russia to northern Canada at the height of their influence. In many places, the Vikings kept silver not as coins, but as jewelry, a wearable currency form that was not subject to the authority of a monarch or mint. One of the most common archaeological finds from the Viking period is a hoard of metal objects, often buried in the earth or deposited in bodies of water, like river beds.
Provenance: private Dere family collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired between the 1980s and 2000s
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Condition:
Wearable as shown. Suspension hook of pendant reattached with stabilization material along break lines. Slight bending to overall form of barrel terminals, additional ring, and pendant, with light encrustations on some components, and minor softening to some finer details.
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