Gilt bronze disc with chased ornament and garnets outlined with shell (Allington Disc)

Details

• Title

  Gilt bronze disc with chased ornament and garnets outlined with shell (Allington Disc)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Cambridgeshire › East Cambridgeshire › Bottisham › Allington Hill (find spot)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy, garnet, gold, shell, gilded

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy;

  inorganic › mineral › garnet;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  organic › animal › shell

• Technique index

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  personal ornament

• Dimensions

  7.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1909.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 41 | England 400 - 1600

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1909.316

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