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Brooches - Viking Paired Styles

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/* Trefoil brooches [V/F] */
==Trefoil brooches [V/F]==
Date:Pre 930AD, Roesdhal?<br>
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Usually decorated in leaf decoration, they are based on the trefoil harness mounts from Germany. The design became so popular that they were locally produced throughout Scandinavia. They were produced in gold, silver and copper alloy. (MARGESEN 1997, p.16-18)<br>
Could be worn either pointing upwards or downwards (EWING 2007, p.62)<br>
Trefoil brooches seem to have taken over from Oval brooches in the Viking colonies in England. (MARGESEN 1997, p.16)
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