Earring
Unidentified Saxon maker
Spencers Wood Common, Berkshire, England
449-1066 CE
Bronze, perforated and engraved
Overall: 2 9/16 × 1 1/8 in. (6.5 × 2.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
39.64.6724
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
500-1000
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
European History
Not on view
Provenance
Found 20th April 1927 on Spencers Wood Common, Berkshire. British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.
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