A copper-alloy disc brooch with a backwards-facing beast motif found in South Ferriby, Lincolnshire. (c) North Lincolnshire Museum CC BY-SA 4.0
A copper-alloy disc brooch with a backwards-facing beast motif found in South Ferriby, Lincolnshire. (c) North Lincolnshire Museum CC BY-SA 4.0

Brooch with Backwards-Facing Beast (NLM-08BAEB)

A copper-alloy disc brooch with a backwards-facing beast motif found in South Ferriby, Lincolnshire

It has been suggested that the beast motif on this brooch represents a horse, but identification is uncertain. This brooch was probably the property of an ordinary person rather than of a member of the social elite. It is of a fairly common type.

For more information on Scandinavian jewellery in England check out our blog: Brooches, Pendants and Pins: Scandinavian Dress Accessories in England.

Object Type

Brooch

Date

circa 850 — 900

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Anglo-Scandinavian, brooch, copper_alloy, jewellery, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, women

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

This object is related to South Ferriby, Lincolnshire.
Find out about South Ferriby, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) North Lincolnshire Museum CC BY-SA 4.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

Brooches, Pendants and Pins: Scandinavian Dress Accessories in England.

Kershaw, Jane F. Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), p. 20-25.

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Drawing of a Brooch with Backwards-Facing Beast
Reproduction Brooch with Backwards-Facing Beast
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