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Description: | An incomplete Viking disc brooch decorated with a Borre design, Kershaw's 'East Anglian Series', Type I, with a simple hollow in its centre. These brooches were popular from the 9th to the middle of the 10th centuries. The edges of the brooch are corroded which means that it is broadly circular in shape. The Borre design is raised and silvered. It consists of a central circle with curved lines radiating to the edge of the object. The metal in between the design is green in colour. The back of the object has two rectangular projecting attachments at either side, with no other decoration. There is corrosion on the back of the object, largely around the are of the attachments. It weighs 7.3g, measuring 28.16mm in length, 26.60mm in width and 2.27mm in thickness. See Graham-Campbell, J. (2001) The Viking World, London: Frances Lincoln Ltd: 141 for more information on the Borre style in the Viking period and also Kershaw, J. 'Viking Identities; Scandinavian Jewellery in England' OUP 2013, p.61.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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