9th-10th century AD. A bronze elliptical plate brooch with billeted border and low-relief knotwork bands, pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. Cf. Nerman, B., Die Vendelzeit Gotlands, Stockholm, 1969, pl.VII (5).12.6 grams, 50mm (2"). From a private Northwest country collection; formerly acquired in the late 1950s; accompanied by a collector's cataloguing slip.[No Reserve]