Anglo-Saxon Enamelled Bronze Bird Brooch

5TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (2.6 grams, 29 mm).

Featuring champlevé red and green enamelled cells to the body, eye and wing; to the reverse, the pin-lugs, bar and catchplate. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Droxford, Hampshire, UK.
From an old Hampshire collection.
Recorded with Winchester Museum.

Footnotes

One of a group of items from Hampshire of early Anglo-Saxon date featuring the decorative technique of champlevé enamelling. This technique is generally rare in early (5th century) contexts and may indicate the continuation of a Roman workshop in the Solent area or in coastal northern Gaul.

CONDITION

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