A lozenge style brooch in the Borre style found in Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0
A lozenge style brooch in the Borre style found in Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lozenge Brooch (NLM194)

A lozenge style brooch in the Borre style found in Lincolnshire

This openwork Borre-style square brooch with animal heads on each corner was found in Elsham, Lincolnshire, in 1997. This type of brooch was an accessory for women wearing Scandinavian dress.

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 — 1000

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Keywords

Borre, brooch, copper_alloy, Danelaw, jewellery, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, Viking, women

Further information

Acknowledgements

(c) The Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 4.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

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

Jane F. Kershaw, Viking Identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England, Oxford University Press (2013), p. 20-25, 47.

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