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 79
strings ofsilver. The upper rim of the four posts shows the same twistedpattern in silver and niello. The central knob can be seenin Fig. 56, with a border of the same workmanship, and havingraised bands of gold soldered upon the inner surface. Fibulae of this kind are not at all rare in the Museum… … Fig. 57.—Upper surface of a fibula like Fig. 55. Gotland. to reproducing (Fig. 57) the upper surface of another fibula of thiskind: the four ornaments between the standing animals are madeof beaten gold, with a pattern executed in filigree work. But there is another feature, the under side of the…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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