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/* Small cloisonné enamel brooches */
* Sweden, Birka, 2 finds. Classed as Type VII – Polychrome. Made from copper-alloy and white metal, inlaid with glass. [ARWIDSSON 1984: p.58-74]
'''Discussion'''<br>
Eastern distribution, similar ones found in Scandinavia? [BACKHOUSE, TURNER and WEBSTER 1984: p.100 cat.92,93]<br>
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All the brooches are made of copper, originally gilded all over, including the back. They have discoid copper-gilt cloisonne enamel centrepieces, often introduced in such a way that the pin of the brooch does not correspond with any axis of the design of the enamel. They are either lobed or flanged, the lobed type ranging from 23.6 to 29.9 mm in overall measurement and the flanged type from 21.0 to 33.0 mm in diameter. The brooches with lobes, of which there are usually seven, have or had a small glass sphere in a simple setting on each projection; this glass matches glass used in the enamel centrepiece of the same brooch
