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View full screenPenannular brooch of silver-gilt with zoomorphic terminals of facing animal heads with bared teeth, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century
X.FC 295
8th century
Pictish
Silver gilt; zoomorphic terminals of facing animal heads covered with interlace, with bared teeth and insets for eyes; hoop panel of interlace with central inset and four tiny projecting discs; pin with all over interlace and plain central boss on expanded head
St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe
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