Reproduction disc brooch with backwards-facing beast motif
Reproduction disc brooch with backwards-facing beast motif

Description

Reproduction disc brooch with backwards-facing beast motif

Reproduction disc brooch with backwards-facing beast motif Reproduction disc brooch with backwards-facing beast motif

Reproduction Brooch with Backwards-Facing Beast

Reproduction disc brooch with backwards-facing beast motif

A reproduction of a copper alloy disc brooch featuring a backwards-facing beast motif. This style of brooch would have been an everyday item rather than a high status one.

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

Reproduction

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

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

Reproduction produced by Adam Parsons of Blueaxe Reproductions

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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