Beschreibung:

VIKING PIN SET WITH SILVER APPLIQUéS 7th-8th century AD A matched pair of bronze Semigalian dress-pins, each a substantial tapering shaft with loop below the cruciform head, knop finial to each arm and silver plaque to the forward face with pelletted ornament; ring passing through the loop connecting to a 'cocked-hat' plaque with silver plaque, stylised face from billets and pellets, three loops to the lower edge with double-ring chains, Baltic workmanship. 83 grams total, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Fine condition. [2] Provenance Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Literature Cf. Griciuviene, E. Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005, item 470.