Bird brooch

CANCM:7523 - Bird brooch, silver gilt, garnet inset in eye and tail; niello inlay. (Accessions register states: "Objects from this grave disturbed before excavation and recorded from spoil heap by Mr. Jarvis and his wife"). Found Bekesbourne, Kent by Mr. F. Jenkins, in grave 30 of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Acquired from Mr. P.G. Wilson, (Boundary Cottage, Bekesbourne). All images © Canterbury City Museums.