32 Goldsmithing
The two pieces of jewellery shown here are examples of innovations in Germanic art.
The fire-gilt silver brooch is one of the most important finds of the Roman Imperial period in the district of Harburg. It shows an animal - dog or stag - looking back, designed by a Germanic artisan in a native style based on the Roman model. Comparable brooches come from Scandinavian princely tombs. The richly decorated pendant, a so-called berlock, belonged to a woman's necklace. The filigree work shows the skills of the Germanic goldsmith, who probably made this pendant from melted Roman gold coins.
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Berlock
Age: um 125 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period
Roman Imperial Period: With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Material: Gold
Location: Quarstedt (Darzau)
Disc Fibula
Age: um 300 n. Chr. Roman Imperial Period
Roman Imperial Period: With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Material: Silver (fire-gilt), Horn, Copper, Iron
Location: Tangendorf