Poorly Located Find Spot record MNL 831 - Findspot of an Anglo-Saxon gilt bronze closionne disc brooch
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TL 67 78 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL67NE |
| Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Gilt bronze cloisonne disc brooch with 7 turquoise coloured lobes. Centrepiece in form of seven(?) armed star (or six with one arm drifted apart?), outer dark blue enamel, inner lighter blue. At centre spiral curl of sheet metal. Gilding mostly gone. Enamel missing from in between `drifted' arm of star and two of lobe `beads'. Pin missing and catchplate bent (S1). Glass spheres said by Buckton to be dark blue (one) and light blue (two, and a fragment), semicircular cells translucent dark blue (10B2/2) and star opaque light blue (2.5 B4/2). 28.2mm overall, enamel 18.7mm diameter (S2). Formerly in Hattatt collection (S1)(S2), now sold.
Compare Santon Downham 026 & Great Saxham 002.
Formerly recorded as MNL MISC
Sources/Archives (3)
- <M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: copy (S1).
- <S1> SSF7343 (No record type): Hattatt R, Brooches of Antiquity, 1987, 318, fig 103.1315.
- <S2> SSF2897 (No record type): Buckton D, `Late 10th and 11th century cloisonne enamel brooches', Med Archaeol, 30, 1986, 9, fig 2..
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:36AM