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THBImportant 9th C. Viking Silver Eye Guard Iron Helmet
Lot 82
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jun 4, 2020
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2020-06-04 10:00:00
2020-06-04 10:00:00
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Northern Europe, Viking, Norman, or similar, ca. later 9th to 10th century CE. Wow! A remarkable, extremely rare example of a fragment from a helmet, featuring the remains of the iron "Spangenhelm" and the complete "spectacle" eye and nose guard, made from 98% silver. Silver rivets hold the spectacles in place against the iron body. Decorative vertical stripes incised into the silver face forms a border around the spectacles, which have ovoid openings for the eyes and a flat center with a short tab at its lower end to defend the nose. Size: 6.45" W x 5.85" H (16.4 cm x 14.9 cm); 7.9" H (20.1 cm) on included custom stand. Total weight: 307 grams
The Spangenhelm form was old by the time this one was made, having spread into Europe around the 5th or 6th century via Scythian contact with Russia and Ukraine. The magnificent helmet recovered from Sutton Hoo and on display at the British Museum is one such form. The spectacle style of eye/nose protection was favored by the Scandinavians, with the most famous known example accidentally found in the grave of two Vikings on the farm Gjermundbu in Ringerike, Norway, in 1943. Helmets like these - indeed helmets of any kind - are rare finds in Viking sites and suggest that only the wealthiest and most important Viking warriors had access to them.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg) and then Latvia collection; found on the Baltic Sea coast prior to 1982
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#153992This is a fragment from an iron helmet, with extensive losses to the iron as shown. The silver is completely intact. Some of the rivets are slightly cracked. The iron has been stabilized and all surfaces have extensive patina.Condition
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