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 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
Detail of the centre of the exceptionally large 7thC Kingston Down brooch from Kent, discovered in 1771: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/collections/blitz/evacuees/item-381789.aspx …pic.twitter.com/zyhP3n1bRH
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...!
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