9th-10th century AD. A dress assemblage comprising: a matched pair of bronze tortoise brooches, each a shallow dome bearing low-relief interlace banded ornament with a ropework border and narrow flange rim, transverse bar, pin and catch to the reverse; double-link bronze chain for suspension between the brooches; bronze equal-arm brooch with Borre style ornament and domed lugs, catch and pin-lugs to the reverse, loop for a securing chain; a double-sided bone comb with incised transverse segmented bands, one edge with coarse teeth and the other with fine teeth; a single-edge knife comprising an iron blade with scooped tip and integral bolster, columnar bronze grip with panels of Borre style interlace. See MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 4, for oval brooches; Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari II The Artefacts, Helsinki, 1982, p.42 (item 9) for knife; Ewing, T., Viking Clothing, Stroud, 2007. 459 grams total, 5.7-39.5cm (2 1/4 - 15 1/2"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10993-181311. [9] Condition Report Fine condition; one tortoise brooch with ancient repair (rivetted panel).