Viking Silver Borre-Style Ring-Pin with Entwined Dragons. 9th-10th century A.D. A silver Borre style ring-pin comprising: a penannular headplate with openwork interlace panel and confronted beast heads to the base, collars to the body decorated with ribs and pellets and reserved channels between; a free-running pin with rectangular-section body and an elliptical-section centre, tapering above and below and engraved with interlace motif and zigzags, the latter repeated on the reverse; the pin loop with a beast-head plaque, elaborate openwork interlace finial above and two additional beast heads; two loops and a small projecting plate to reverse. Cf. Wilson, D.M. edn., From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200, Sweden, 1992, item 201, for similar; cf. Magnus, B. et al., Bird, Beast and Man in Nordic Iron Age Art, Vol.2, Koln, 2005, item 119. 45.1 grams, 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.) Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 31 March 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11196-186763. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]

Very fine condition.