Jewelry Articles
Jewelry Articles about Viking, Norse and other related topics.
Anglo Saxon Hooked Tags
Submitted by max on Sun, 04/12/2009 - 20:42Hooked tags are a fairly common survival from Anglo Saxon England. Early examples appear as early as the 7th century with examples coming from at least as late as the 14th century. Shapes generally circular or triangular, with two (or of sometime three) holes for stitching. By the 10th century the round shape seems to become more popular than the triangular. Hooked tags range from slightly less than 2cm long to nearly 5cm for the largest with an average thickness around 0.5mm. In some cases they had a uniform thickness, but in others the thickest portion was the hook.
Viking Women's Brooches
Submitted by max on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 17:42Pairs of women's brooches are one of the most basic Viking artifacts. Found wherever the Vikings settled, in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, England, Scotland, Ireland and as far away as Iceland, Finland, and Russia these brooches were a favorite item of jewelry in Viking lands, with the shape of the brooches changing according to regional preferences. Oval shaped (tortoise shell) brooches are found on the Swedish mainland, and in Norway and Denmark. On Gotland, animal head-shaped brooches were most common, and in the north of Sweden, as in Finland, paired round brooches were preferred.