Annular brooch

Details

• Title

  Annular brooch

• 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, tin, plated

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy;

  processed material › metal › tin

• Technique index

  plated

• Object type

  personal ornament › jewellery › brooch › annular brooch

• Dimensions

  3.1 cm (diameter)
  0.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr William Michael Wylie, 1865.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1961.110

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