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2007BM3751_jpg_l. The Milton Jewel is one of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon brooches of the period, with a sophisticated design carried out in a combination of materials. The use of cloisons inlaid with garnet, filigree knot work decoration on…

A cast copper-alloy, gilded, great square-headed brooch found while metal detecting. This item is recorded on the PAS database (BERK-EoFC63 BROOCH).

AN00270129_001_l. Gilt silver cast keystone garnet disc brooch with zigzag nielloed border, four triangular garnets, four white bosses, decayed central setting and remains of iron pin. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These…

BUTLER’S FIELD, LECHLADE
This site, excavated in 1985 by Oxford Archaeology, is one of the largest and most important Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the Upper Thames Valley. The objects buried with the people of Butler’s Field form the core of the…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1934.202. 7th century. Gold, garnet and glass. Composite disc brooch, elaborately decorated with cloisonné work and inlaid with garnets and coloured glass. Beaded wire rim and gold filigree scrollwork. Discovered in…

AN00729360_001_l. Gilt silver plated disc brooch; nielloed border & gold appliqué with cloisonné garnet & glass cross; 5 white bosses; filigree. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered…

AN00752777_001_l. Dished gilt copper-alloy disc brooch, Urnes style. Within a scalloped border, the convex surface of the circular brooch bears an openwork design of a coiled, ribbon animal in combat with a snake. The head has a pronounced lentoid…

AN00468266_001_l. Copper alloy florid cruciform brooch; square head with three knobs (top one with human mask) and punched decoration; bird head lappets; animal head terminal; remains of iron pin. All these images are © Trustees of the British…

CANCM:6421 - Canterbury Cross; copper alloy and silver cruciform brooch. Found St. George's Street, Canterbury, during laying of drainage in 1867. Dated to c.850. Acquired from Dr. H. Wacher.

All images © Canterbury City Museums.

Brooch.
Among finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered at The Meads, Sittingbourne, Kent.

This burial ground was excavated in late 2008 by Canterbury Archaeological Trust before the development of the site. The site dates to the 6th and 7th…