Drawings Anglo-Saxon jewelled brooch from Derbyshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.34.8
Artist/Designer/Maker
Mander - Attributed To
Production place
Bakewell
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 52mm
Width: 52mm
Height (of Mount): 133mm
Width (of Mount): 119mm
Width: 52mm
Height (of Mount): 133mm
Width (of Mount): 119mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Discovered in a Barrow in Derbyshire.
The ornament of the size and fashion, above represented, composed chiefly of filigree work, of gold or silver gilt, and set with garnets, or red glass. The inward part (a) is raised above the rest, and supposed to be gold. The partitions, marked (b) were filled with red glass or garnets; as were the four spots marked (c). The rest was filigree, or chain work. The large stone which filled the socket in the centre is wanting.
Archaeologia Vol.III. p.274.
The ornament of the size and fashion, above represented, composed chiefly of filigree work, of gold or silver gilt, and set with garnets, or red glass. The inward part (a) is raised above the rest, and supposed to be gold. The partitions, marked (b) were filled with red glass or garnets; as were the four spots marked (c). The rest was filigree, or chain work. The large stone which filled the socket in the centre is wanting.
Archaeologia Vol.III. p.274.
References
Reference (free text)
Mander, 'Discoveries in a Barrow in Derbyshire', Archaeologia 3 (1786): 274-5.
Illustration (Engraving), p. 274.
The article describes the contents of a barrow opened in 1768. These included two glass vessels, a silver collar or bracelet 'studded with human heads, and other small ornaments' besides the brooch illustrated.