disc brooch
- Museum number
- 1989,0502.1
- Description
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Disc brooch, 'heiligenfibel'; copper alloy; champlevé enamel human bust; hinge-lug and catch survive but are obscured by corrosion from iron pin; enamel largely missing, what survives is discoloured.
- Production date
- 9thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 26.60 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2008 15 Mar-2 Nov, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre, 'East Anglia: The Life and Death of a Kingdom'
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1989,0502.1