Accession No
1948.1316
Description
Square headed gilt brooch of bronze with iron pin. Foot has plain plaques corresponding with the jewelled Kentish types. Shows Kentish influence in Zoomorphic design of head plate and side lobes. Outer edge of head plate has opposing bird head design making an open work pattern.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Braybrooke Collection
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1316
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Bronze; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Grave 158, 1851.
?Mid 6 Century AD.
Ref. Plate: X No. 158 [? in Braybrooke, R.C. Neville, Saxon obsequies (London: J. Murray, 1852)]
Event Date 2/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Square headed gilt brooch of bronze with iron Pin. Foot has plain plaques corresponding with the jewelled Kentish types. Shows Kentish influence in Z oomorphic design of head plate and side lobes. Outer edge of head plate has opposing bird head design making an open work pattern; Z oomorph
Event Date 2/4/1987
Author: maa
FM:15933
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