Детали

IPSMG:R.2002.49

Ipswich Collections

brooch, disc brooch

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.

9th Century, Anglo-Saxon

diameter: 28.00 mm