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 80
practical way of ornamenting the under THE LATER IRON AGE., 65 side of the gigantic fibulae of which Fig. 51 is an example. Wefind the same fact here, and it is, in my eyes, more curious, becausein this case the pattern has a greater intrinsic value. We seefour gracefully intertwined serpents,… … Fig. 58.—Under side of a fibula like Fig. 55. Gotland. the intertwisted parts of the body, the rim in one place is loosenedand wound round the body itself. The original here figured ismade of bronze; other specimens have the serpents and theborders plated with silver. W7hence did the Gotlandic…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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