MEDIEVAL TREFOIL PENDANT, 10th-15th CENTURY
          
          
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          Gilt bronze, over 3/4" width, of three closed buds form. Each bud of naturalistic form is sculpted in high relief. On a modern gilt Sterling silver neck chain with the silver surface restored. Gift boxed with certificate of authenticity. The trefoil was a popular motif from the time of mass conversion to Christianity, the early 9th century. It was a basic decorative motif for Vikings and for Christians, it represented the Holy Trinity.
          
          
          
             
              
             
 
      
    
    
   
           
           
           
           
                 
                 
                 
                 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      