Jewelled disc brooch

Details

• Title

  Jewelled disc brooch

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Kent › Swale › Faversham (find spot)

• Date

  Anglo-Saxon Period (AD 400 - 1066)

• Material and technique

  garnet, gold, niello, silver, gilded, nielloed

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › garnet;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › niello;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  covered › metallized › gilded;

  nielloed

• Object type

  personal ornament › jewellery › brooch › disc brooch

• Dimensions

  4.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1909.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1909.186

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