The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT, United Kingdom
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LOT 2703:
Viking Firesteel with Horse-Heads
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Start price:
£
135
Estimated price :
$150 - $200
Buyer's Premium: 30%
VAT: 8.875%
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Viking Firesteel with Horse-Heads
10th century AD
A firesteel comprising an arched iron blade, bronze openwork handle formed as two horse-heads on arched necks. 28.91 grams, 64mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition.
Provenance
Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006.
Literature
See Cacciandra, V. & Cesati, A. Fire Steels, Turin, 1996, for discussion.
