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Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch
Description
Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch (W8) (Fig 18) with gold-gilt decoration on the front and silver plating on the back, excavated at Alveston Manor, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1934-5. The headplate has an outer border of zoomorphic ornamentation surrounding a panel of scroll-work. Originally the brooch was set with eleven garnets of which only six remain. In the centre is a oval carnelian from a Roman seal ring depicting Cupid milking a goat.