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 51
their original character. The original is of giltbronze. In Gotland the development of this fibula took a different turn(see Fig. 24). The rectangular lobe, as in Fig. 23, is completelyfree from, appendages. The arc has a disc, but it is much widerthan in that example. The greatest difference is… … Fig. 24.—Fibula in gilt bronze, with garnets. Gotland. of gilt bronze, ornamented by six garnets and circular pieces ofbone in the centre of the disc at the top and at the lower end. Fig. 2 5 shows another specimen from the same island, a little laterand more plain, as the more extended surfaces of…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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