A broken gilt vessel fragment decorated with Carolingian motif found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A broken gilt copper-alloy vessel found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

A broken gilt vessel fragment decorated with Carolingian motif found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge A broken gilt vessel fragment decorated with Carolingian motif found in Torksey, Lincolnshire. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Broken Gilt Vessel (CM.1822.2008)

A broken gilt copper-alloy vessel found in Torksey, Lincolnshire

A broken gilt vessel fragment decorated with a Carolingian motif within a repeated diamond pattern. A single iron rivet provides evidence that this vessel might have been repaired and reused. The vessel will have been brought from Francia to Torksey, Lincolnshire, where it was found, perhaps by a member of the Great Heathen Army or its train.

Object Type

Vessel

Date

circa 700 — 900

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Keywords

Carolingian, copper_alloy, Danelaw Saga, Fitzwilliam_Museum, gilded, Lincolnshire, Torksey, Vessel, Viking

Further information

You can see the original at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

This object is related to Torksey, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Torksey, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

© The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

References

The Fitzwilliam Museum

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