Later 5th-6th century AD. A silver-gilt plate brooch of a stylised bird with lozengiform body; a cell to the hooked beak, discoid eye, trapezoidal tail and two triangular cells within bilinear borders to the body, each filled with red enamel; catch and pin-lug to the reverse. Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, items 39.2, 70.6. 8.1 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). From the collection of a Tyne & Wear, UK, gentleman; acquired from an old gentleman's collection, Winchelsea, East Sussex, UK. Condition Report Fine condition; worn, enamel chipped.