IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 134029 accession number: M.11-2006 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 15 April 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Circular disc; copper alloy, cast; the front chased and gilt. On the front, five empty circular settings for gemstones: one large central setting and four smaller settings at the cardinal points close to the rim. The brooch is pierced adjacent to 3 of the 4 perimeter settings by 3 small holes, indicating re-use; the holes of similar size and near-identical placement, each pierced clockwise of its setting through the top of the outermost interlace panels and just inside the circular perimeter border. Around the central setting there are three concentric circles of small rectangular punch marks, outside which is a zone of interlacing animal ornament of the so-called Germanic Style II, comprising a procession of four interlocked animals, edged by three more concentric circles Beyond these is a border of four panels of different highly-stylized interlace ornament representing the undulating body of a snake-like creature, whose jaws are clamped around itself. The panels are separated by the four smaller circular mounts and edged by two concentric punched bands. The reverse is undecorated. 4 short projections behind the centre of each gem setting represent the base of rivets: the longest in the centre plus three shallow stubs behind the perimeter settings. A fifth rivet is missing: the fourth perimeter setting has a central squarish hole with rounded corners where a rivet has come out. object type: Copper alloy, cast; the front chased and gilt. title: mount NOTES ----- type: history note value: No find provenance or prior history; Charles Ede Limited, 20 Brook Street, london W1K 5DE LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/134029 SUBJECTS ------------------- biting biting TECHNIQUES ---------- copper alloy, cast, the front, chased, and gilt casting CATEGORIES ------ category: metalwork DATING ------ creation date: 600 - 700 creation date earliest: 600 creation date latest: 700 culture: 7th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 7.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round title: Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round (2) title: anglo-Saxon Art in the Round (3) CITATIONS -------- The Distribution of the Anglo-Saxon saucer Brooch in relation to the Battle of Bedford An Anglo-Saxon Disc Brooch from Northamptonshire Anglo-Saxon Animal Art --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_11_2006_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 726 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_11_2006_20_281_29.jpg height: 523 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_11_2006_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 726 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_11_2006_20_281_29.jpg height: 262 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: 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