11-09-2012, 10:20 PM
Nathan.
I'm not so sure on that one it's a picture I got from a friend however my Richard Hattatt book on brooches does mention that most found do have this spiked type of hair style. These particular kind have been said to be of a religious nature rather that a brooch, in fact they have been considered to have an apotropaic value to avert evil or bad luck.
The horse was indeed an important creature in earlier times where they appear on very early British coinage more in the east Anglia area. Here is another style that I have made a copy of with the inlays yet to be done, they are not a large thing only in the region of 25 to 30mm length they don't appear to be a true brooch but used more for their symbolic value.
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I'm not so sure on that one it's a picture I got from a friend however my Richard Hattatt book on brooches does mention that most found do have this spiked type of hair style. These particular kind have been said to be of a religious nature rather that a brooch, in fact they have been considered to have an apotropaic value to avert evil or bad luck.
The horse was indeed an important creature in earlier times where they appear on very early British coinage more in the east Anglia area. Here is another style that I have made a copy of with the inlays yet to be done, they are not a large thing only in the region of 25 to 30mm length they don't appear to be a true brooch but used more for their symbolic value.
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Brian Stobbs
