rosette brooch
- Museum number
- ML.3573
- Description
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Cast and gilt silver rosette brooch, one of pair: cloisonné all-over garnet inlay round central disc; wavy edge with filigree border; four of "petals" missing.
- Production date
- 6thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Pair with ML.3572
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Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS)
Published:
ARRHENIUS B. 1971. Granatschmuck und Gemmen aus nordischen Funden des frühen Mittelalters, Acta Universitatis Stockholmensis, Studies in North European Archaeology Series B. Stockholm, p. 236
ARRHENIUS B. 1985. Merovingian Garnet Jewellery, emergence and social implications, Kunglig Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens. Stockholm, pp. 130, 188, 201 no. 38, 208 no. BM8, fig. 151
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Gilding worn off.
- Acquisition date
- 1901
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- ML.3573
