Null A pair of Finno-Ugric ring brooches made of silver with blue glass inlays, …
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A pair of Finno-Ugric ring brooches made of silver with blue glass inlays, 10th - 11th century Silver ring brooches for closing a garment in the shoulder area made of round, solid, thick wire, which merges at the open ends into a round corner piece with a high sheet metal frame for setting a domed cabochon made of blue glass. The lower half of the stone setting is finely decorated with filigree. The silver rings with a pin of the same thickness, knocked flat at the end and spirally wound around the ring in one and a half turns. Minimal oxide deposits and minimal, barely perceptible traces of corrosion on the surface in places. Otherwise an excellently preserved pair of brooches from Viking Age ethnic groups in the forest steppes of the Vorurals. Dimensions 6.9 x 5.8 cm and 6.8 x 5.7 cm. Weight 23.66 g and 22.69 g. Provenance: East German private collection, acquired in the late 1990s in the southern German art trade. Condition: I -

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A pair of Finno-Ugric ring brooches made of silver with blue glass inlays, 10th - 11th century Silver ring brooches for closing a garment in the shoulder area made of round, solid, thick wire, which merges at the open ends into a round corner piece with a high sheet metal frame for setting a domed cabochon made of blue glass. The lower half of the stone setting is finely decorated with filigree. The silver rings with a pin of the same thickness, knocked flat at the end and spirally wound around the ring in one and a half turns. Minimal oxide deposits and minimal, barely perceptible traces of corrosion on the surface in places. Otherwise an excellently preserved pair of brooches from Viking Age ethnic groups in the forest steppes of the Vorurals. Dimensions 6.9 x 5.8 cm and 6.8 x 5.7 cm. Weight 23.66 g and 22.69 g. Provenance: East German private collection, acquired in the late 1990s in the southern German art trade. Condition: I -

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