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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1907.29.12 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name brooch, disc brooch Description Bronze Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. The disc is divided into stepped cells which together form a swastika and each cell contains an interlace pattern, perhaps a simplified animal design. At the centre was a circular enclosure, possibly a stone or paste boss, which is now lost. The raised surfaces of the disc are silvered and the recessed areas are gilded. Clear mounts on the reverse for a brooch pin. Production period Anglo-Saxon Material bronze Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1907.29.12
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

brooch, disc brooch
Description

Bronze Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. The disc is divided into stepped cells which together form a swastika and each cell contains an interlace pattern, perhaps a simplified animal design. At the centre was a circular enclosure, possibly a stone or paste boss, which is now lost. The raised surfaces of the disc are silvered and the recessed areas are gilded. Clear mounts on the reverse for a brooch pin.
Production period

Anglo-Saxon
Material

bronze

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