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annular brooch
Object Type
annular brooch
Museum number
1893,0716.71
Description
White metal broad band annular brooch with two radial lugs as a pin-catch, tinned surface with rings of punched arcs.
Cultures/periods
Early Anglo-Saxon
Production date
6thC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
East Shefford
, cemetery
Excavated/Findspot:
Hungerford
(near)
Materials
high tin bronze
bronze
tin
Technique
tinned
punched
Dimensions
Diameter:
3.70 centimetres
Weight:
8 grammes
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Montagu Humphrey Courtenay Palmer
Acquisition date
1893
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1893,0716.71