Assemblage of material from an Anglo Saxon cemetery

Anglo-Saxon

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery

6th-early 7th Century

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.

• Medium: copper-alloy & iron
• Dimensions: various
• Art Fund Grant: £550 ( Total: £1,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2008
• Vendor: Trevor Claxton

Provenance

Discovered in Snetterton, Norfolk by a metal detectorist

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