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Historical Archive: British Isles, 6th to mid-11th c.: Metalwork
not including bound pendants
star saucer brooch fr. Mitcham, gilt copper alloy, 6th c., MoL A20119 |
animal interlacee saucer brooch fr. Mitcham, gilt copper alloy, 6th c., MoL A19891 |
harness mount fragment, copper alloy/gilt, 6th c. Anglo-Saxon, Morgan 2012.2:70 |
S-brooch, copper alloy, 6th c. Anglo-Saxon, Morgan 2012.2:115 |
great square-headed brooch, early 6th c. Anglo-Saxon, copper alloy/gilt/enamel/iron, Morgan 2012.2:68 |
cruciform brooch, copper alloy/gilt/silver/iron, c.500-550 Anglo-Saxo, Morgan 2012.2:72. For detail see Morgan. |
Sutton Hoo shoulder clasps, c.560-610, BM 1939,1010.4/4a/5/5a. For oblique and scale views see BM. |
bird fibula from Castle Street Canterbury, late 6th c. Anglo-Saxon, CHM |
disk with interlace from Bottisham, ?Six Mile Bottom, gilt bronze with shell and red glass, 7th c., CMAA 1886.32 |
disk fibula from Kings Field, Faversham, Kent, gold and silver-gilt with garnets and glass, 7th c., V&A M.110-1939 |
Sutton Hoo purse lid, gold/garnet/glass, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.2.a-l, which has its own page |
Sutton Hoo Great Gold Buckle, early 7th c., BM 1939,1010.1, which has its own page |
Oseberg "Buddha Bucket", wood, bronze, and enamel, prob. Irish, 8th c.? C55000 156, OsloVSM, which has its own pages |
Hunterston Brooch, gold/silver/amber c.700, NMS X.FC 8, which has its own page with later runes |
Coppergate helmet, iron and copper alloy, 2nd half of 8th c., York Castle Museum CA 665. For details see York. |
silver ring: animal interlace, England c.775-850, V&A 628-1871 |
silver ring: profile, England c.775-850, V&A 628-1871 |
seal matrix of Bishop Aethelwald, cast copper alloy, 9th c., BM 1822,1214.1 |
seal matrix of Bishop Aethelwald, cast copper alloy, 9th c., BM 1822,1214.1 |
seal matrix of Bishop Aethelwald, cast copper alloy, 9th c., BM 1822,1214.1 |
Anglo-Saxon pin head from Glentham Cliff, Lincolnshire, silver gilt, 9th c., Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-413B05. For detail and reverse see p.c.. |
interlace strap end, copper alloy, 9th c., MoL 81.571 |
"The Canterbury Cross" fr. St George’s Street Canterbury; bronze, silver, niello; c.850, CHM |
"The Canterbury Cross" center; bronze, silver, niello; c.850, CHM |
silver chalice from Trewhiddle hoard, before 875, Trewhiddle, Cornwall, Eng., BM 1880,0410.1-3 |
Alfred Jewel: gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean |
Alfred Jewel: gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean |
hare strap end, copper alloy, 10th c., MoL 3991 |
mount in bird form, copper alloy, 10th-11th c., MoL BUF90[1716]<212> |
ainmal interlace mount, gilt copper alloy, 10th-11th c., MoL A10394 |
fibulae from Penrith hoard, silver, early 10th c., from Fluskew Pike, Newbiggin, Cumbria, Eng., BM MME 1904,1102.3; 1991,0109.1, .3, .4 |
fibulae from Penrith hoard with person for scale, silver, early 10th c., from Fluskew Pike, Newbiggin, Cumbria, Eng., BM MME 1904,1102.3; 1991,0109.1, .3, .4. Not available for publication. |
thistle brooch from Penrith hoard, silver, early 10th c., from Fluskew Pike, Newbiggin, Cumbria, Eng., BM MME 1904,1102.3 |
bossed penannular brooch from Penrith hoard, silver, early 10th c., from Fluskew Pike, Newbiggin, Cumbria, Eng., BM MME 1991,0109.5 |
modern electroform copy of Anglo-Saxon portable sundial, c.950, CHM |
mace or staff head fr. St George’s Street Canterbury, 11th c., CHM |
mace or staff head fr. St George’s Street Canterbury, 11th c., CHM |
lead seal matrix, 11th c., CHM |
stirrup mount, copper alloy, 11th c., MoL 90.179/2 |
drinking horn mounts from Little Wilbraham, bronze, CMAA 1948.1379 |
girdle hangers from Little Wilbraham, bronze, CMAA 1948.1454 |
miniature grave goods from Girton College, Cambridge, bone and bronze, CMAA Z 18060/D 1924.25 |
pendant from Barrington B, silver with shell or meershaum, CMAA 1934.838 (Not available at higher resolution.) |
bronze small-long fibulae with amber and crystal beads (one a faceted whorl) from Barrington B, CMAA Z 21298 |
square-headed fibula from Linton Heath, gilt copper alloy with enamel, CMAA 1948.1555 |
toilet set from Burwell, silver, CMAA 1898.65 |
toilet sets from Haslingfield, copper alloy, CMAA Z 38635-6 |