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bossed penannular brooch; hacksilver

Object Type: bossed penannular brooch; hacksilver
Museum number: 2009,8023.5
Description: Silver fragment (hacksilver) cut from the inner end of the sub-triangular terminal of a bossed penannular brooch with one plain, domed boss surviving that is faceted round the base; at the hoop end of the piece there is a slight step up to a triangular panel with a round lobe projecting from its base on the inner edge; both the lobe and the other end of the base are punched with rings linked by a line of beading, behind which is incised a plain triangle with one hollow side and further bordered by two billeted lines, the one on the outer edge ending in a rectangular facet; similar billeted borders on the part of the terminal surviving beneath the step enclose an incised, knotted ribbon with a median groove partly surrounding the boss, which is further enclosed by a band of two billeted lines flanking a plain line; the back is decorated with part of a double incised ring round the end of the rivet securing the boss and, at the junction with the end of the hoop, with a plain, interlaced ribbon on a pointillé ground and a contour line; there are also two grooves and a group of light incisions next to the end of the rivet. There are three testing nicks on the outer edge of the fragment, two on the hoop end and four on the boss.
Cultures/periods: Celtic; Viking
Production date: 927-928 (deposited); 9thC(late)-10thC(early)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: North Yorkshire (Vale of York Viking Hoard)
Materials: silver
Type series: Johansen A
Technique: incised; pointillé
Dimensions: Length: 28 millimetres; Weight: 8.90 grammes; Thickness: 2.60 millimetres (max)
Bibliographic references: TAR 2007 / Portable Antiquities and Treasure Annual Report 2007 (no. 217, pps. 112-114)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2017-2019 May-Sep, Nottingham University Museum, Atkinson, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Norwich Castle Museum, Vikings: Culture and Conquest 2017 19 May-5 Nov, York, Yorkshire Museum, Viking: Rediscover the Legend 2015-2017 17 Jun- 31 May, York Museum, Vale of York Hoard, LT Loan 2014-2015 Jul-Jan, Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vikings 2014 6 Mar-22 Jun, London, British Museum, Viking: Life and Legend 2013 21 Jun-30 Nov, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, Viking 2010 10 Sep-2011 05 Jan, Harrogate, Mercer Art Gallery, Hester Cox: A printmaker's response to the Vale of York Hoard 2010 01 Aug-01 Aug 2011, York, Yorkshire Museum 2009 09 Nov-31 Jul 2010, London, British Museum 2009 14 Sep-2 Nov, York, Yorkshire Museum
Acquisition name: Acquired through the Treasure Act: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Funder name: With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: York Museums Trust; With contribution from: Wolfson Foundation
Acquisition date: 2009
Acquisition notes: Jointly acquired with the York Museums Trust. Metal detector find.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 2009,8023.5
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 2009.55.5 (York Museums Trust number); Treasure/PAS number: 2007T2 (Treasure number)
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Aug 2009