Large square-headed brooch

Details

• Title

  Large square-headed brooch

• Associated people

  John Yonge Akerman (1806 - 1873) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › West Oxfordshire District › Standlake parish › Brighthampton Saxon cemetery (Grave 51 (female inhumation, with strap-end 35.2)) (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 › square-headed brooch

• Dimensions

  13.9 cm (length)
  6.7 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the excavators.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1966.121

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