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Round brooch

Gilded bronze round brooch decorated in the Borre Style. The moulded brooch consists of an upper and lower tab. The upper tab is dominated by a large cross with horizontal arm ends shaped like facemasks. In the space between the arms is an openwork decoration of kringel shaped gripping beasts who have their heads turned towards the centre of the cross. The middle is filled with a square field with similar ornamentation. Part of a hoard find, Vårby, Huddinge Parish, Södermanland.

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Object number: 106697_HST

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