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brooch Viking silver penannular brooch from Cumbria

Object number

LDSAL366.2

Production date

10th century

Material

silver

Dimensions

height: 282mm
width: 126mm

Location

Burlington House -

References

Reference (free text)

David A Hinton, Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: possessions and people in Medieval Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 121.Illustration, fig. 4.6, p. 121.

Reference (free text)

David Gaimster, Sarah McCarthy, and Bernard Nurse, eds., Making History, Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007), p. 118, no. 81. Illustration, p. 118.
    Silver Viking penannular brooch, 10th century, found with torque at Orton Scar, Westmorland, in 1847.
    This silver penannular brooch was found with a torc in a crevice of limestone rock at Orton Scar, 1847, by a labourer while quarrying gate-posts. Mystery remains over their deposition. Were they worn as ornaments or carried as portable bullion?