© Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Assemblage of material from an Anglo Saxon cemetery
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 6th-early 7th Century
Materials: copper-alloy & iron
Dimensions: various
Grant:
Amount Paid: £550 (Total: £1,500)
Vendor: Trevor Claxton
Provenance:
Discovered in Snetterton, Norfolk by a metal detectorist
Description:
An assemblage of 34 items from the cemetery and a further 4 items from the site. It includes some finds of particular rarity and importance: 1) Paired cruciform harness strap-mounts are of great regional interest as there is a remarkable lack of horse graves from this period in Norfolk; 2) Shield boss mount is virtually unique and the quality of the surviving gilding underscores the prestige of the original Snetterton shield; 3) Pair of equal-arm brooches. The brooches show how localised styles of jewellery were appearing and can be compared to find-types like the horse harness fittings which became associated with an emerging elite.
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