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Anglo-Saxon enamelled brooch from London
The drawing shows an Anglo-Saxon circular gold brooch, with a central enamel plaque representing a crowned full face portrait head, set in a border of gold filigree work set with four pearls.
Creator
- British Museum
- Smith, Charles Roach
- Stephanoff, I
Subject
- Costume and Accessories
- Drawings
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Jewelry
- Archaeology
Creator
- British Museum
- Smith, Charles Roach
- Stephanoff, I
Subject
- Costume and Accessories
- Drawings
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- archaeology
- Goldwork
- Drawing
- Jewelry
- Archaeology
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- British Museum|Smith, Charles Roach|Stephanoff, I
Temporal
- Anglo-Saxon : Late
Places
- British Museum
- City of London
- England
- Europe
- Greater London
- London
- United Kingdom
- …
- Greater London
- United Kingdom
- England
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Personal Ornaments
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- society_albums/personal_ornaments/po16-2
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- Charles Roach Smith, 'A Letter Addressed...to John Gage Rokewode, Director, on an Ancient Enamelled Ouche, in Gold' Archaeologia 29 (1842): 70-5. Illustration (Engraving (handcoloured and heightened in gold?) by James Basire), pl. X, opp. p. 70.|Ronald Jessup, Anglo-Saxon Jewellery (London: Faber and Faber, 1950), pp. 125-6. Illustration, fig. 1, pl. XXXII. Jessup argues for a Germanic or English origin, made in the tradition of the Byzantine schools. Thought to be late Anglo-Saxon - 10th-century.
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-18T10:20:12.389Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-25T11:21:26.369Z