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  2. Brooch - Wikipedia

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    Wing Brooch, 2nd century AD, Metropolitan Museum of Art. A brooch (/ ˈ b r oʊ tʃ /, also US: / ˈ b r uː tʃ / [1]) is a decorative jewellery item designed to be attached to garments, often to fasten them together. It is usually made of metal, often silver or gold or some other material.

  3. Scottish jewellery - Wikipedia

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    The thistle brooch is a simpler version of the penannular brooch, with less surface decoration, which gained popularity around 1100. The thistle is the national flower of Scotland and acts as an emblem. Today, thistle brooches are often made of silver and contain a thistle motif, and are not necessarily a penannular brooch. [citation needed]

  4. Celtic brooch - Wikipedia

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    Mock-up with modern fabric, showing how the brooches were used. [13] Cashel Brooch, 9th or 10th century, from the Rock of Cashel.. With a penannular brooch, the pin is pushed through folds of the cloth, which are then pulled back inside the ring; the free end of the pin passes through the gap in the ring.

  5. Anglo-Saxon brooches - Wikipedia

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    The middle of the fifth century marked the beginning of Anglo-Saxon England. [1] The Anglo-Saxon era consists of three different time periods: The early Anglo-Saxon era, which spans the mid-fifth to the beginning of the seventh century; the middle Anglo-Saxon era, which covers the seventh through the ninth centuries; and the late Anglo-Saxon era, which includes the tenth and eleventh centuries.

  6. Fibula (brooch) - Wikipedia

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    Brooch of gilded silver featuring Saint Olav in the center with an ax in his left hand. ( National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen) There is a huge variety of medieval brooch types (the term fibula is rarely used for medieval items).

  7. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Native American jewellery is the personal adornment, often in the forms of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, pins, brooches, labrets, and more, made by the Indigenous peoples of the United States. Native American jewellery reflects the cultural diversity and history of its makers.

  8. Brooch of Lorn - Wikipedia

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    The brooch is one of three West Highland 16th-century silver turreted brooches centred on charmstones, though the brooches are thought to be resettings of stones which already had reputations. The others are the Lochbuy or Lochbuie Brooch in the British Museum , [ 5 ] and the Ugadale or Lossit Brooch, also still in private hands.

  9. Pentney Hoard - Wikipedia

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    The largest brooch is a silver disc with an intricate openwork pattern and inlaid with black niello. This (10.2 centimetres [4.0 in]) brooch is an excellent example of the Trewhiddle style. The outer edge of the brooch contains eight panels of intertwined creatures. The center of the brooch is ornamented with stylised animal and plant decorations.

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