6th-7th century AD. A hollow-formed silver-gilt disc-on-bow brooch comprising a rectangular headplate with inset garnet cloison discs and surrounding cells each with a wafer-stamped foil behind; short bow with similar large disc bearing a garnet cloison centre and segmented border; Z- and S-scrolled lappets flanking the junction with the triangular footplate formed as a facing bull's head in garnet cloisonné; pierced lugs and catch to the reverse. Cf. MacGregor, A. et al. A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 10.1 for type. 67 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). From an old European collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. Accompanied by geologic report TL005235 from Dr Ronald Bonewitz.