From Croy, Inverness-shire

Hoard

These objects, together with two Anglo-Saxon coins which had been converted into jewellery, were buried at Croy in Inverness-shire sometime between 800 and 900.

The picture shows a silver penannular brooch with amber settings (broken in two pieces), two pieces of other penannular brooches, one with gold filigree work, beads of glass and amber, a plaited silver ribbon and an arm from a balance.

The Croy hoard is an unusual collection of objects. The jewellery is expensive, but much of it fragmentary, and the inclusion of a balance beam is unique in Pictish or Viking hoards from Scotland. The objects may have belonged to a Pictish craftsman.

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Online ID:	000-190-000-953-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FC 25
Date:	Between 800 and 900
Material:	Bronze Glass and amber Glass and amber Glass and amber Glass and amber Glass and amber Glass and amber Glass and amber Silver; expanded end ornamented with gold filigree work and amber settings Silver; expanded end ornamented with triquetras Silver; knitted Silver; with expanded ends and amber settings; surrounded by double rope-like moulding
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What:	Bead Bead Bead Bead Bead Bead Bead Beam, balance / portion Brooch / portion Brooch, penannular Brooch, penannular / half Ornament / portion
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Who:	James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder) James Shearer (Possible finder)
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Description:	Penannular silver brooch with expanded ends and amber settings, surrounded by double rope-like mouldings, from Croy, Inverness-shire Portion of silver brooch with the expanded end ornamented with gold filigree work and amber settings, from Croy, Inverness-shire Half of a penannular silver brooch with the expanded end ornamented with triquetras, from Croy, Inverness-shire Portion of a bronze balance beam from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Bead of glass and amber from Croy, Inverness-shire Portion of silver knitted ornament from Croy, Inverness-shire
References:	Ross, Alexander. Notice of the discovery of portions of two penannular brooches of silver with beds of glass and amber, and a silver coin of Coenwulf, King of Mercia (A.D. 795-818), at Mains of Croy, Inverness-shire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquar
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