Anglo-Scandinavian / Viking 'Cloison' Plate Brooch
Copper-alloy and enamel, 4.22 grams, 24.67 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A disc brooch with raised central tray enclosing a floral pattern of four longer and four shorter elliptical leaves, filled with turquoise enamel against a field of dark blue. Around the edge is set a series of six lobes with dark blue enamel cabochons. Reference: Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987 item 1315. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Suffolk, England.