Collection of jewellery from the Viking period, for example brooches with box or animal heads or square headed bow pattern of gilt bronze. Also includes gold Byzantine coins, silver Cufic and Anglo-Saxon pieces are evidence of commerce between Gotland and Northern Europe.
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Title of artwork, date
Collection of Swedish Artefacts, 800–1050
Date supported
1921
Medium and material
Bronze, gold, silver
Gifted by
James Curle
Grant
600
Total cost
1200
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