School/style:
Borre style
Cultures/periods:
Viking.
Production date:
10thC
Found/Acquired:
Europe: British Isles: England: Norfolk (England): Little Snoring
Materials:
silver; gold; niello
Technique:
cast; gilded; nielloed
Cast sterling silver openwork pendant with a Borre-style pattern in the form of a grasping beast inside a frame, further embellished with four protruding animal heads. The hinge of the pendant has a central ridge and a double median groove. The reverse side of the pendant is not decorated. There are small areas of gilding and blackening on the surface of the pendant.
