Western Europe, Ca. 1100-1400 AD.A Viking-inspired silver omega penannular brooch featuring flanges with two panels decorated with geometrical linear patterns; a sectioned pin loop and a fine pin. Good condition. These items were multifunction with their most basic purpose being clothing fasteners while their more ostentatious role was to serve as a display of wealth. For more general information on Viking Jewellery, see Arbman, H. (1940). Birka I Die Gräber. Uppsala.Size: L:50mm / W:23mm ; 8.4gProvenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.