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Historical Archive: British Isles, 6th to mid-11th c.: Metalwork
not including bound pendants


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