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22.10.2021

Disc brooch

This brooch, crafted in the Trewhiddle style during the Late Anglo-Saxon period in the 9th century, is a slightly convex disc-shaped piece made from sterling silver. It features intricate inlays of gold and niello to create ornate designs. The zoomorphic patterns are meticulously carved and pierced to give them an openwork appearance.

Within the beaded rim, alternating disc and diamond-shaped patterns form the central decorative field. This field consists of a cross-shaped pattern with a central boss and animal head-shaped tips. A four-leaf design connects these animal heads, each of which originally had blue glass eyes and is encircled by beads. This arrangement also creates smaller auxiliary fields, each containing a Truhiddle puppy-like creature. Additionally, four bosses are situated around the perimeter behind the heads of the four-leafed animals. The intricate decoration includes numerous hammered gold inlays and incorporates dyeing and beadwork.

The brooch is equipped with a loop for hanging or storage, attached to one edge at a right angle to the pin clasp, although only remnants of it remain today. The reverse side of the brooch is relatively plain in comparison to the elaborate front.

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