"An Anglo-saxon Cloisonné Enameled Bronze Brooch 10th-11th Century Ad"
A very beautiful 10-th-11th century A.D. A gilt bronze disc brooch with seven radiating lobes or lugs to the rim; each lug with inset of blue, black and white enamel (one partly remains and one missing); main body divided into six, all filled with blue and green enamel.
The cloisonné technique utilises compartments constructed from wire then infilled with powdered, coloured ‘glass’ and fired.
Diameter:25 m.m.
Condition: see pictures. Iron pin missing.
Weetch type 20.A
Finding location: Norfolk