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 139
n, representsa type not uncommon in Norway, but as yet, as far as my know-ledge goes, never found in Sweden. The hilt is divided intodiamond-shaped compartments, alternately incised and raised.The incised ones have ornaments in bronze, while the raisedare covered with strips of silver. The circular… … Fig. 104. —Portions of damascened swords. Sweden. common process was to give the iron a covering of very thinflat wires of bronze or silver, sometimes alternating, which havebecome, by hammering, firmly attached to the somewhat roughsurface of the iron. More splendid are the silver ornaments often…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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