Anglo-Saxon England
The Fuller Brooch
This famous brooch was made nearly 400 years after the one found
at Chessell Down. By this time styles had changed as people tried
to bring new ideas into their jewellery designs.
If you look at the picture, you can see that the hammered silver
has been cleverly decorated with pictures in a black hot liquid
metal called niello. These pictures are the earliest we
have that show the five senses as people. In the very middle is
Sight, with big staring eyes. The other four senses are around him.
Can you work out who are Taste, Smell, Touch and Hearing? Click
on the picture below left for the answer, and look at the
larger picture.