Tear-drop shaped brooch

Details

• Title

  Tear-drop shaped brooch

• Associated people

  Joseph Warren (1792 - 1876) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Suffolk › Ixworth (place of excavation)

• Date

  Middle Ages (Britain) (AD 1000 - 1300)
  Medieval period (Britain) (AD 1066 - 1500)

• Material and technique

  lead

• Material index

  processed material › metal › lead

• Object type

  personal ornament

• Dimensions

  2.9 cm (length)
  2.4 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.6339

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