Penannular brooch

Description

Bronze penannular brooch from between Abergeldie and Birkhall, Aberdeenshire

Museum reference

X.FC 297

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Penannular brooch

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze; decorated with incised herringbone; with expanded squared terminals in the form of a sunk panel, an empty socket where each joins the hoop; hoop has rectangular sunk panel

Collection place(s)

Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Item formerly in collection: Rae of Aberdeen Collection
Former owner: Rae, John Brown, 1848 - 1891
Former owner: William Moir Bryce Collection

References

Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.