Disc brooch

Details

• Title

  Disc brooch

• Associated people

  the Reverend James Douglas (1753 - 1819) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Kent › Sevenoaks district › Ash › Gilton Anglo-Saxon cemetery (place of excavation)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  garnet, gold, silver, gilded

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › garnet;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  covered › metallized › gilded

• Object type

  personal ornament › jewellery › brooch › disc brooch

• Dimensions

  4.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, from the collection of the Rev. James Douglas, 1829.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1988.16

Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more

Know more about this object? Spotted an error? Contact us