Украшения из легкоплавких сплавов в городском ювелирном наборе XII—XIII вв. (по материалам из раскопок Твери)
Pewter Jewelry in the Urban Jewelry Set in 12th—13th cc. (According to the Materials from Excavations in Tver)

Author(s): Irina A. Saprykina
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Old Russia; Tver; Medieval Age; jewelries; tin; imitations; style
Summary/Abstract: The article adresses a series of pendants of tin and fusible alloy, found during excavations at the stadium “Khimik” (the Tver Kremlin) in 2013. Tin jewelry mainly belong to the urban jewelry collection, which finds analogies in hoards, concealed during the events of 1234—1238. Tin, in relation to the analyzed decorations, is a kind of a ‘simulacre’ of a high status precious metal (silver) and was used to manufacture overall pretty good ‘imitations’ of higher-status types of jewelry.

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