Gotland Bear Head Brooches - Pair baby bags like something inherited from an

like something inherited from an uncle with a very tasteful cottage

it’s gorgeously green with a background more interesting than your last four dates combined

or whatever slightly baffling universe your child dreams up

yet warm enough not to make your bedroom feel like you're living inside a rather gloomy forest

Gotland Bear Head Brooches - Pair baby bags like something inherited from anThis is a pair of brooches based on an example from Gotland, which is now in the British Museum and is likely to date from the 11th century. They are designed to be used as a pair, for fastening a hangaroc, the outer dress worn by Norse women. The bear head style of paired brooches used for this purpose are particular to the Island of Gotland, in the Baltic, where the design is clearly derived from fibula, or bow brooches of the period before the