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saucer brooch
Object Type
saucer brooch
Museum number
1875,0310.149
Description
Gilt copper alloy saucer brooch, plain outer rim, Style I, scroll and zigzag decoration round central knop; lug and pin-catch.
School/style
Style I
Cultures/periods
Early Anglo-Saxon
Production date
6thC(late)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
John Yonge Akerman
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Long Wittenham
, cemetery grave 46
Materials
copper alloy
gold
Technique
gilded
Dimensions
Diameter:
4.20 centimetres
Curator's comments
Pair with 1875,0310.150
Location
Not on display
Subjects
animal
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Society of Antiquaries of London
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1875,0310.149
Conservation
Treatment
: 10 Jan 2003