Pentney Hoard
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The Pentney Hoard is an Anglo-Saxon jewellery hoard, discovered by a gravedigger in a Pentney, Norfolk churchyard in 1978. The treasure consists of six silver openwork disc brooches, five made entirel
Anglo Saxon brooches of the Pentney hoard
Pentney brooch, 6.1 cm, British Museum
The largest Pentney disc brooch, (10.2 cm), British Museum
Pentney brooch, 8.5 cm, British Museum
Trewhiddle style
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Trewhiddle style is a distinctive style in Anglo-Saxon art that takes its name from the Trewhiddle Hoard, discovered in Trewhiddle, Cornwall in 1774. Trewhiddle ornamentation includes the use of silve
Pentney Hoard
…silver openwork disc brooches, five made entirely of silver and one composed of silver and copper alloy. The brooches are decorated in the 9th century Trewhiddle style. The hoard is now in the British Museum. The hoard consists of six silver, circular brooches. Five of the brooches are made entirely of silver; the…
Strickland Brooch, British Museum
Items of the Trewhiddle Hoard, British Museum
Sutton Hoo shoulder clasp, by c. 620, in an older style.
Bedale Hoard sword pommel