PAIR OF VIKING SILVER PLAITED AND TWISTED BRACELETS. Ca. AD 800 - 1000 A pair of silver plaited bracelets, including, from left to right: an open bracelet formed from interlinked rounded rods plaited into a broad band with plain, tapering cylindrical terminals; and a closed bracelet formed from a thick round rod twisted into a cable, the ends overlapping and encircled by tightly wound wire. Size: 65-70mm x 65-68mm; Weight: 55g. Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market since the 1970s. For similar see: T. Ivleva, The Origin of Romano-British Glass Bangles: Forgotten Artefacts from the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age, p. 5-8.