Square headed brooch with basket ornament

Details

• Title

  Square headed brooch with basket ornament

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › South Oxfordshire District › Berinsfield › Wally Corner Saxon cemetery (Grave 102 (inhumation, with saucer brooches (2.43)) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy

• Object type

  personal ornament › jewellery › brooch › square-headed brooch

• Dimensions

  14.85 cm (length)
  7.7 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Amey Aggregates Ltd.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 41 | England 400 - 1600

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1989.404

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