Trefoil Mount. A broken fragment from a trefoil mount. The central section is triangular and has two intact expanding arms. Decoration is simple line pattern mirroring the general shape. Some evidence of rivets on the arms. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Copper alloy, 700-899. Anglo-Saxon. (c) The Fitzwilliam Museum
A copper-alloy trefoil brooch fragment found at Torksey, Lincolnshire. (c) The Fitzwilliam Museum

Trefoil Mount. A broken fragment from a trefoil mount. The central section is triangular and has two intact expanding arms. Decoration is simple line pattern mirroring the general shape. Some evidence of rivets on the arms. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Copper alloy, 700-899. Anglo-Saxon. (c) The Fitzwilliam Museum Trefoil Mount. A broken fragment from a trefoil mount. The central section is triangular and has two intact expanding arms. Decoration is simple line pattern mirroring the general shape. Some evidence of rivets on the arms. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Copper alloy, 700-899. Anglo-Saxon. (c) The Fitzwilliam Museum

Trefoil Brooch Fragment (CM.1823_2008)

A copper-alloy trefoil brooch fragment found at Torksey, Lincolnshire

A fragment of a Scandinavian copper-alloy trefoil brooch with a simple line pattern following its general outline. While of Scandinavian design, many examples found in the East Midlands were probably made in the Danelaw, and may have been copies of Scandinavian styles, instead of being imported from Scandinavia.

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 700 — 900

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Keywords

brooch, copper_alloy, Danelaw Saga, Fitzwilliam_Museum, jewellery, Lincolnshire, Scandinavian, Torksey, trefoil, women

Further information

You can see the original at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

This object is related to Torksey, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Torksey, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) The Fitzwilliam Museum

References

Fitzwilliam Museum

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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