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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 600 - circa 700; Classification(s): jewellery, brooch, inlay (process); Acquisition: bequeathed by McClean, Frank, 1904, F. McClean Bequest [M.5-1904]
Description: Bronze, overlaid with gold plate. Circular with cruciform design and decorated with carbuncles and glass pastes. In the centre there is a raised setting in which there was, in 1902, a blue cabochan paste - now lost. The ground is covered with "S" scrolls and circles. Reverse: a much rusted iron pin. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | jewellery Unknown brooch | Temporal: | name=7th Century; start=600; end=700 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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