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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.2002.49 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name brooch, disc brooch Description late Anglo-Saxon bronze alloy disc brooch with backward-looking animal. Beast, left, passant, with head turned backward and mouth open. Tail turned back, parallel with snout, tip bifid. Spiky mane. Feet with 2 : 3 : 3 : 3 claws. Border of 28 sub-rectangular beads, surrounded by rim. Roundels at eye, shoulder and rump. Broken clasp. Production period 9th Century, Anglo-Saxon Material bronze alloy Technique casting Dimensions diameter: 28.00 mm Documentation Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.2002.49
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

brooch, disc brooch
Description

late Anglo-Saxon bronze alloy disc brooch with backward-looking animal. Beast, left, passant, with head turned backward and mouth open. Tail turned back, parallel with snout, tip bifid. Spiky mane. Feet with 2 : 3 : 3 : 3 claws. Border of 28 sub-rectangular beads, surrounded by rim. Roundels at eye, shoulder and rump. Broken clasp.
Production period

9th Century, Anglo-Saxon
Material

bronze alloy
Technique

casting
Dimensions
Documentation

Details