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AN00753247_001_l. Gilt bronze square-head brooch: oblong panel of debased Style I on head; dotted ribs divide lobed foot into 4 Style I fields; rosettes on side lobes. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution…

AN00103760_001_l. Silver disc brooch with concentric zones of decoration on gold plate (secured with 4 rivets); central cabochon garnet; white paste; cloisonné garnets; glass & white paste settings & filigree; niello & silver borders. Anglo-Saxon…

AN00755664_001_l. Silver circular brooch of hammered sheet, slightly convex, and irregular in circumference, decorated with engraved zoomorphic and degenerate foliate ornament. The design is built upon four intersecting, double-contoured circles.…

AN00270121_001_l. Gilt copper alloy saucer brooch with chip-carved Style I animal decoration encircling a face-mask;cast. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British…

2008BT1827_jpg_l. The inlaid gold and filigree jewellery of the seventh century was largely replaced in the early eighth century by silver work as a consequence of the increasing scarcity of gold. The focus on silver gave rise to new decorative…

Linda Babb writes: This replica of the Pentney brooch was chosen instead of an engagement ring when I became engaged to Jonathan Parkhouse in 1994 because of the symbolism of two entwined creatures. The brooch was marketed by the 'Past Times'…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.207. Gold, garnet. c.550-650. Circular pendant inlaid with garnets and decorated with panels of gold filigree. The disc is divided into panels by the application of beaded wire in a concentric cross shape, at the…

M/1992/20.
Part of an iron ring, too big to be a finger ring and possibly part of a bracelet or some other object. It is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and…

AN00015552_001_l. Necklace strung with an alternating sequence of irregular gold and cabochon garnet pendants, gold 'bullae' and biconical gold wire spacer beads. At the centre, flanked by small biconical beads, hangs an equal-armed cross; at either…

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…