A two-piece rim necklace

The two-piece necklace from Rzędziny is a unique ornament cast in bronze. The surfaces of both elements are covered with impressive decoration in the form of transverse grooves and engraved lines, forming a zigzag motif. The larger hoop is fastened with hooks, the other with a very original pin. The relic was part of an immense hoard consisting of bronze ornaments and tools placed in a clay pot, which was found by accident in 1884 during the scattering of potato mounds. However, it did not reach the collection of the Szczecin museum until 1905 or 1906. In 1944, most of the hoard was taken to western Germany and hidden from war damage and looting. It was consolidated in 2009 due to the Polish-German exchange of old archaeological collections. The Rzędziny deposit belongs to the most interesting archaeological finds. It represents a small group of Pomeranian hoards from the 4th Bronze Age (approx. 1100-900 BC), which do not include bronze ornaments of the "Lusatian" type, but products characteristic for the Nordic cultural circle, which included southern Scandinavia and northern and central Germany. The presented necklace, the only such find in Pomerania, is considered the so-called import from that zone.

Dorota Kozłowska