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Collection of Anglo-Saxon jewellery (© Ipswich Museum)
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© Ipswich Museum

Collection of Anglo-Saxon jewellery

Artist: Anglo-Saxon

Location: Ipswich Museum

Date: 650

Materials: gold, silver, bronze, garnet

Grant:

Amount Paid: £60,000 (Total: £280,000)

Review number: 4168 (1995)

Provenance:
Excavated from Boss Hall cemetry, by Suffolk County Council Archaeological unit in1990.

Description:
Composite brooch, pendant necklace, silver cosmetic instruments and associated cemetry contents. The collection includes a solidus of Merovingian King Siebert III (634-658) which has been made into a pendant.

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