Stud

Description

Bronze stud decorated with yellow enamel, from Freswick, Caithness, 8th to 9th century

Museum reference

X.FC 256

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Stud

Date

8th - 9th century

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Physical description

Bronze and enamel; square, with the stump of a thin square stem at the back; deep incisions on the front form a square and diagonals, with nicks off the latter, which outline a diagonally set swastika of pale yellow champleve enamel

Collection place(s)

Freswick Links, Caithness, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

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

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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