Reproduction blue and white glass gaming pieces

Reproduction blue and white glass gaming pieces Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming pieces Reproduction blue and white glass gaming pieces Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming piece Reproduction blue and white glass gaming pieces Reproduction blue and white glass gaming pieces

Reproduction Glass Gaming Pieces

Reproduction polychrome glass gaming pieces

These are reproductions of a conical glass stud found in Lincolnshire, interpreted here as gaming pieces. However analysis of the original on which they are modelled suggests that it could also have been a glass fitting on decorative metalwork.

Object Type

Gaming piece

Date

circa 750 — 899

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Reproduction

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Anglo-Saxon, decorative, entertainment, gaming_piece, glass, hnefatafl, Irish, leisure, Nine_Men's_Morris, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, reproduction, stud

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

Made by Adam Parsons of Blueaxe Reproductions

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

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