11thC Pitney Brooch, Somerset--Scandinavian Urnes style brooch w/ some Anglo-Saxon features: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/t/the_pitney_brooch.aspx …pic.twitter.com/jJK2p1WZKt
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11thC Irish Urnes style 'trial-piece', made of slate & carved both sides (Killaloe, Clare): http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=63842&partId=1&searchText=Urnes+style&sortBy=imageName&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/XM6LGzkXJX
Forgot to mention, above mould is for making dress-pins :)
A copper-alloy Viking pin w/ dragon’s head, L10thC, found at Hedeby, modern Germany: http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/04/22/building-a-viking-boat-today/ …pic.twitter.com/4dmRgZ37QR
A needle/brooch made from the famous dragon mould, found 1870, has finally been found at Birka http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6167848 …pic.twitter.com/sz28WudYhj
@caitlinrgreen @DrSueOosthuizen For silver or bronze.pic.twitter.com/pyMACztIbU
@BeardyHowse @DrSueOosthuizen Usually bronze and then gilded in silver or gold :)
@m39618462 fabulous isn't it?! :)
!!!!!! oh my goodness wow!
I know! :-D
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