equal-arm brooch
- Museum number
- 1902,1108.50
- Description
-
Copper alloy equal-arm brooch: incised linear border around punched lozenge on each disc-terminal; high bow with flanged edge; cast.
- Production date
- 7thC-8thC
- Dimensions
-
Length: 3.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS)
Provenance:
Unrecorded, but said to be from "the district of the Rhine and Moselle", Germany; recent research has shown that the vendor has been notoriously unreliable.
Given by The Friends of The British Museum
Acquired from David Reiling of Mainz through Max Rosenheim
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1902,1108.50
