Viking Crystal Pendant

Date: c.750–1050

Place of Production: Unknown, found on Gotland

Description: This small rock crystal pendant is beautifully housed in silverwork. Little is known about it, but it was probably brought to Gotland as either trade or plunder in the eighth to eleventh centuries. Alternatively, it may have been produced in a workshop 

Held at: The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm

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