disc brooch
- Museum number
- 2005,0106.1
- Description
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Fragment of silver, parcel-gilt disc brooch, with separate dome-headed rivet. On the main fragment there is one complete parcel-gilt lentoid field, half a second and the border of a third, flanking a panel with silver decoration emerging from an incised background filled with niello. The lentoid fields have a notched inner border and are decorated with three triangular leaves developing from a tendril to fill the shape. The main field of the brooch is decorated with acanthus-like leaves flanking a bud from which emerges a trefoil shape.
- Production date
- 9thC(late)-10thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 0.80 millimetres (rivet)
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Length: 34 millimetres (brooch)
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Weight: 4.70 grammes (total)
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Thickness: 1 millimetres
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Width: 21 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2005
- Acquisition notes
- metal detector find in 2002.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2005,0106.1
- Additional IDs
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Treasure/PAS number: 2002T31 (Treasure number)
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Treasure/PAS number: PAS-D49861 (PAS Database Number)
