900-1100 AD. Viking age. This beautiful pennanular brooch comprising a highly decorated plate with faux twisted bands, and an undulating border. The pin plate has two stylised dragon heads at its uppermost point and a series of tassels with delicate dragon foot charms. In Norse mythology, Jormungand (pronounced “YOUR-mun-gand;” Old Norse Jörmungandr, “Great Beast”), also called the “Midgard Serpent,” is a snake or dragon who lives in the ocean that surrounds Midgard, the visible world. He was so enormous that his body forms a circle around the entirety of Midgard. He is one of the three children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, along with Hel and Fenrir. Excellent condition; beautiful patina. For more general information on Viking Jewellery see Arbman, H. Birka I Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940. Excellent condition.Size: L:170mm / W:66mm ; 154.3g; Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1990s.