7th-10th century A.D. A group of three Viking and pre-Viking figurative boar's head brooches of different types: one decorated with shallow dots and plain ears; one with two piercings to crown, knop ears, incised figurative facial detailing; a keeled sub-triangular plaque, convex in profile with flanges on the flanks. Cf. Hammond B., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, Witham, 2010, p.42, item 1.1.3-f, for a similar brooch to the boar's head with pricked detailing; also cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.29, for type; cf. MacGregor, A. et al. A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.5. 42.8 grams total, 35-49 mm (1 3/8 - 2 in.). UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. [3]