Viking Age Bronze Double Dragon Brooch with Foot Dangles

8th-10th century A.D. Comprising three rows of latticework with horse-head finials above, loops to the lower edge with articulated dangles with duck-foot finial; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXIX, item 6, and pl.XXX, item 6, for type. 212 grams total, Brooch: 14 cm (21 cm including stand) (5 1/2 in. (8 1/4 in.).

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.