Square-Headed Bow Brooch, 500–600, Anglo-Saxon, Gilded copper alloy inlaid with niello, Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 x 15/16 in. (13.6 x 7.6 x 2.4 cm), Metalwork-Copper, This brooch displays the Anglo-Saxon preference for lavish decoration, with a particular emphasis on fantastic animal forms. Dividing the foot is a strip of niello (a black substance containing silver, copper, lead, and sulphur) terminating in an animal’s head, and above the foot is a pair of stylized animal heads with gaping jaws
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Square-Headed Bow Brooch, 500–600, Anglo-Saxon, Gilded copper alloy inlaid, niello, Overall, 5 3/8 x 3 15/16, 13.6 7.6 2.4 cm, Metalwork-Copper, brooch, displays, Anglo-Saxon preference, lavish decoration, particular emphasis, fantastic animal, forms, Dividing, foot, strip, black substance, containing, silver, copper, lead, sulphur, terminating, animal, head, pair, stylized, heads, gaping jaws
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