quoit brooch

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Object Type
Museum number: 1893,0601.219
Description: Silver quoit brooch; two zones of gilded animal ornament separated by plain zone; two birds flank notch, a third on pin-head; inner rim; ball-headed.
School/style
Cultures/periods: Frankish; Sub-Roman; Early Anglo-Saxon
Production date: 5thC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sarre, cemetery
Materials: silver; gold
Technique: gilded; chip-carved; punched; incised; relief
Dimensions: Diameter: 7.71 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years (193); Tait 1986a / Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery (227); Marzinzik 2013 / Masterpieces: Early medieval art (21)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bird; animal
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1893
Acquisition notes: John Durden was son of Henry Durden
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1893,0601.219
Conservation: Treatment: 22 May 1984; Treatment: 22 May 1975; Treatment: 06 Nov 2002; Treatment: 05 Mar 2012

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