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Lot 413

An Anglo-Saxon Or Viking Prick Spur, And A Gothic Rowel Spur
The First 10th/11th Century, The Second Early 15th Century

28 July 2010, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An Anglo-Saxon Or Viking Prick Spur, And A Gothic Rowel Spur
The First 10th/11th Century, The Second Early 15th Century

Of iron, the first with slender heel-band of triangular section chiselled on each side with a stylised monster-head, pairs of incised lines beyond, pierced rectangular terminals with scrolled ends, and tapering ovoidal goad with short spike; the second with slender tapering downcurved heel-band with flattened figure-eight terminals and high triangular back-scrolled crest, short triangular neck, star-shaped rowel, and retaining traces of original tinning (both with some pitting) (2)
16.5 cm. and 12.5 cm.

Footnotes

Provenance:
John Wallace Collection
The first found in London by the collector/dealer Lawrence in the late 1920s
The second Cecil Brent Collection, Sotheby's London, 17 December 1902, lot 128
W.B. Redfern Collection
C.R. Beard Collection

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