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Strickland Brooch
AN00006088_002_l. Strickland Brooch. Slightly convex bossed disc brooch of sheet silver with inlaid gold and niello ornament. The zoomorphic decoration is deeply carved and pierced to give an openwork effect. Within the beaded rim, a zone of…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Brooch, Jewellery, Silverwork
Casket Side Panel
AN00448801_001_l. Silver engraved rectangular side-panel from house-shaped casket shrine. The engraved ornament consists of three roundels with plain borders, each with an equal-armed cross with a central piercing. The crosses have a billeted…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Religion, Silverwork
Silver Scourge
AN00274047_001_l. Silver scourge: one strand of trichinopoly chainwork is doubled and the two strands so formed are held together by plaited loops of wire at five unequally spaced places. The chain terminates in a large loop, or knot, from which…
Silver Buckle
AN00756888_001_l. Silver buckle with oval loop and shield on tongue; inlaid with gold foil. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…
Gilt Silver Mount
AN00753200_001_l. Gilt silver mount apparently originally V-shaped, consisting of two U-shaped metal strips which converge in a three-dimensional animal head. Both strips are broken off, the lower one close to its junction with the animal head. The…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Runes, Silverwork
Wire Bracelet
AN00750879_001_l. Silver expanding wire bracelet with coiled ends. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Bracelet, British Museum, Jewellery, Silverwork
Cuerdale Hoard
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.519-551. Silver. Largest Viking-Age silver hoard discovered to date in North-West Europe, consisting of over 8,500 individual silver items, buried in a lead lined chest. They include silver ingots, rings,…
Tags: Archaeology, Ashmolean Museum, Hoard, Numismatics, Silverwork, Viking