disc brooch
- Museum number
- 1854,0721.1
- Description
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Copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch has a billeted border within which is a backward-looking animal with open mouth and a bump for an ear. The mane is shaggy and there are four strap-like legs, each terminating in three paws. The surface of the brooch is much worn. The back is plain, save for the catch-plate and loop of a (now missing) pin. The hook of the catch-plate is now closed, giving it the appearance of a loop.
- Production date
- 8thC-12thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.90 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- Wilson 1964
Ninth/tenth century.
See pp. 36, 52 and pl. XXXII.
Bibliography: Brøndsted, J. (1924) 'Early English Ornament', London/Copenhagen, 146; 'Victoria History of the Counties of England: Suffolk', i, 348.
- Location
- On display (G41/dc3/sA)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1978-1979 17 Nov-1 Apr, Germany, Hamburg, Helms Museum-Hamburgisches Museum fur Vor-und Fruhgeschichte, Sachsen und Angelsachsen
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1854,0721.1
