The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 129
ificing at the hearth is, ofcourse, abolished. Every custom demands a reason, and the newly-marriedcouple now go to the hearth of the kitchen—to taste the soup, ii4 SCANDINA VIAN INDUSTRIAL ART. Having in the preceding pages given a great number of animalrepresentations which enter into the… … Fig. ioo.—Silver pendant. Gotland. is human: a heavy eyebrow, a short nose, two round eyes—presumably meant to enclose a coloured stone; a mightymoustache, and a widely-opened mouth. As I have hinted ona previous occasion, the ancient Scandinavians, at least in their
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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