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Rare working Pennanular Brooch: Snake Heads and Scroll Work
SKU: RF-0001
1 in stock
A working Pennanular brooch with two snakes heads holding Celtic artwork.
Unknown metal, possibly brass coated onto pewter.
5.5cms diameter
Product Description
RARE FINDS: One of a kind, vintage and antique pieces of Celtic Heritage and Historical content. Special items that are unique and possibly not to be found elsewhere.
PENNANULAR BROOCH
This brooch is based on the pennanular brooches the Celts, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons used as cloak fasteners. Pennanular means incomplete circle which allows the pin fastener.
This type of fastening goes back to the Iron-age but in Scotland and Ireland in the 8th and 9th Centuries beautiful highly ornate brooches were made from precious metals and semi-precious stones. Excellent examples are the Tara brooch in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin and the Hunterston brooch in the National Museum of Scotland, Ebinburgh.
Brooches had an important function as status symbols that demonstrated the wealth and rank of the wearer and were regarded as highly valued items. The brooch would have been worn with the pin sticking upward over the shoulder.
Additional information
Design | Celtic Knots, Creatures |
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Origins | Ireland, Scotland, Viking, Wales |
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