A copper alloy Jelling-style disc brooch found near Tetney, Lincolnshire. (c) Leicestershire County Council, CC BY-SA 2.0
A copper alloy Jelling-style disc brooch found near Tetney, Lincolnshire. (c) Leicestershire County Council, CC BY-SA 2.0

Jellinge-Style Disc Brooch (LIN-F00E1B)

A copper-alloy Jelling-style disc brooch found near Tetney, Lincolnshire

This Viking cast copper-alloy disc brooch is decorated with a Jellinge-style moulded zoomorphic motif comprising a knot of beaded lines. Brooches of this type are widespread in Scandinavia, with a particular concentration at Birka, the trading and military site in Sweden.

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 900 — 950

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Birka, brooch, copper_alloy, Jellinge, jewellery, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, Viking, women

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Leicestershire County Council, CC BY-SA 2.0

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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