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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The rear of the 7thC Kingston Brooch is also rather lovely: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/collections/blitz/evacuees/item-381789.aspx …pic.twitter.com/OAhSw4vvKR
That is no brooch, that is a shield! ;)
Hah! It's certainly a magnificent thing...! :)
Stuff like that is why I love history, someone, a long time ago, sat down to make beauty. And it came to us. :)
That took my breath away.... Quite something!!
Isn't it! A wonderful brooch and only gets better the closer one gets, it seems! :)
Stunning work. Even with modern day tools, equipment, magnifiers, how on earth.... ?
And cutting the garnet so thin and intricately...!
@Gabe55Gabe magnificent piece! Love History and HERstory too! 
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