SAUCER BROOCH (one of a pair)

Details

• Title

  SAUCER BROOCH (one of a pair)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Gloucestershire › Cotswold › Fairford › Fairford Anglo-Saxon Cemetery (place of excavation)

• Date

  Early Anglo-Saxon period (Britain) (AD 400 - 650)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy, gold, gilded

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  personal ornament › jewellery › brooch › saucer brooch

• Dimensions

  4.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr William Michael Wylie, 1865.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1961.98

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