ANGLO-SAXON / VIKING CLOISONNE BROOCH Ca. AD 1000 - 1100. A circular bronze brooch decorated in cloisonné technique with a central motif of a four-petalled flower formed in opaque white inlay, set against a background of alternating deep and pale blue glass segments arranged radially. The design is enclosed within a raised border with a projecting lug on each side. The reverse preserves the remains of the catchplate and pin mechanism. For similar see: British Museum Museum number 1996,0902.1 Size: 21.6mm x 21.5mm; Weight: 5.26g Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.