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applied brooch
Object Type
applied brooch
Museum number
1853,1214.69
Description
Gilt copper alloy applied brooch with appliqué with five-pointed star, scalloped edges and central blue glass cabochon.
Cultures/periods
Early Anglo-Saxon
Production date
5thC-6thC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
John Yonge Akerman
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Salisbury
(near)
Excavated/Findspot:
Low Field
, grave 42
Materials
copper alloy
iron
gold
glass
Technique
gilded
cabochon cut
repoussé
applied
Dimensions
Diameter:
4.30 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2010 Jul-Sep, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury 150
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor
Acquisition date
1853
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1853,1214.69
Conservation
Treatment
: 15 Aug 1982
Treatment
: 26 Nov 2002