quoit brooch

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Object Type
Museum number: 1918,0708.35
Description: Silver quoit brooch, parcel-gilt; scalloped edge; plain band flanked by bands of chip-carved animals and masks in the Quoit Brooch Style; two rivets and two holes at notch; ball-headed pin.
School/style
Cultures/periods: Frankish; Sub-Roman; Early Anglo-Saxon
Production date: 5thC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Howletts (Littlebourne), grave B
Materials: silver; gold
Technique: chip-carved; punched; incised; parcel-gilded
Dimensions: Diameter: 6.30 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1977 London, BM, Animals in Art
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1918
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1918,0708.35
Conservation: Treatment: 16 Jul 1984; Treatment: 05 Nov 2002

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