A silver gilt brooch depicting a griffin found in Repton, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery
A silver gilt brooch depicting a griffin found in Repton, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery

A silver gilt brooch depicting a griffin found in Repton, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery A silver gilt brooch depicting a griffin found in Repton, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery A silver gilt brooch depicting a griffin found in Repton, Derbyshire. (c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Silver Gilt Brooch (1989-58/7224)

A silver gilt brooch depicting a griffin found in Repton, Derbyshire

A circular silver gilt plate brooch with chip carved decoration of a winged creature. The creature may be a griffin. It is enmeshed in fine spiralling interlace. The reverse features a U-shaped catchplate and pin with a spring. This decoration is Mercian in style.

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 775 — 850

Style

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Keywords

Anglo-Saxon, brooch, Derby_Museums, Derbyshire, gilded, jewellery, Mercia, Repton, silver, women

Further information

You can see the original at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

This object is related to Repton, Derbyshire.
Find out about Repton, Derbyshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) Derby Museum and Art Gallery

References

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

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

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