The v large 7thC Kingston Down Brooch, from Kent, 8.5cm diameter! Photo + 18thC illustration: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/lindisfarne/popUps/societypop.html …pic.twitter.com/bsvGRwEyw6
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More details of the grave & finds: http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/2010/06/the-kingston-brooch-anglo-saxon-bling/ … & http://inventorium.arch.ox.ac.uk/grave.php?site_ID=Kin&grave_ID=Kin205 … Image via https://finds.org.uk/staffshoardsymposium/papers/karenhoilundnielsen …pic.twitter.com/inWsFH2GGB
@caitlinrgreen Just realised, posted redrawing of Faussett's 18C pic done for mid19C publication, rather than original, but get the idea! :)
@caitlinrgreen Now that's fascinating. Something beauriful and finely crafted in the bit you don't see.
@HipBookfairy Indeed---glorious, isn't it! :)
@caitlinrgreen Interesting that the 'heritage motifs' are on the reverse
@caitlinrgreen it is a complicated design, it was the product of an advanced society.
@caitlinrgreen Hatton Garden would baulk at making a replica!
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