© Ashmolean Museum
Jewelled brooch
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 7th Century
Materials: bronze, silver, gold, garnet
Dimensions: 6 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £4,000)
Vendor: M R Baxter
Review number: 2471 (1972)
Provenance:
Found in a woman's grave at Monkton on the Isle of Thanet during the course of drainage works; M.R.Baxter.
Description:
Brooch composed of a framework of bronze cells enclosing bosses of shell with garnet eyes, & panels of gold filigree & garnets on gold foil backing with blue glass insertions. All are mounted together on a silver backplate & bound with a gold rim.
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