Accession No
1948.1359
Description
Gilt bronze equal armed brooch. With naturalistic spiral ornament and zoomorphic designs flanking the inner sides of the arms.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham
Period
Saxon
Source
Braybrooke Collection
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1359
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Gilt Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Loan (Exhibition)
Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre
Suffolk, temporary exhibition at the Sutton Hoo visitor centre, Suffolk
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Grave 35, 1851, with a shield boss, a spear, a knife, 41 beads, a pair of tweezers, a bz wire ring, and two bronze studs with silver tops and connecting bar.
5 Century AD.
Ref. Plate: II No. 35 [in Braybrooke, R.C. Neville, Saxon obsequies (London: J. Murray, 1852)]
Event Date 25/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Gilt bronze equal armed brooch. With naturalistic spiral ornament and zoomorphic designs flanking the inner sides of the arms.
Event Date 25/3/1987
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited in 'Far Fetched Treasures', Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre, March to October 2003.
Event Date 10/1/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:15867
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