Disc Brooch "Trewhiddle"

Anglo-Saxon disc brooch in the Trewhiddle style.

Here you can buy a replica of the Marbury brooch, an Anglo-Saxon disc brooch from the early Middle Ages.

The so-called Marbury brooch is a fully preserved Anglo-Saxon silver disc brooch, dated to around 800–900 AD. It was found near Marby-cum-Quoisley in Cheshire, together with fragments of other brooches and a silver penny of Wiglaf, King of Mercia.

The Marbury brooch belongs to a group of 9th-century Anglo-Saxon brooches characterised by their openwork, cross-shaped design in the Trewhiddle style, known as the Elmsett type. On closer inspection, pairs of mythical creatures can be seen along the rim. 

The Marbury brooch is part of the permanent exhibition ‘Treasure: History Unearthed’ at the Liverpool National Museum.
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The disc brooch replica measures 5 cm in diameter and thus corresponds to the dimensions of the original brooch.

On the reverse is a sturdy pin mechanism, suitable even for heavy woollen fabrics.

The Marbury brooch is crafted from high-quality bronze and genuine silver-plated or made from 925 sterling silver, whilst the raised bosses are made from contrasting materials.

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The original Marbury brooch was made of pure silver and is divided by two crosses with concave arms. This creates an eight-armed star-shaped motif decorated with tendril and foliage motifs inlaid with niello.

The spaces between the arms are filled with openwork, stylised creatures in the late Anglo-Saxon ‘Trewhiddle’ style, whose heads turn downwards and face the centre of the brooch.

Stylistically, this Marbury brooch belongs to the Anglo-Saxon Elmsett type. There are currently 15 known early medieval disc brooches of this type, 12 of which are made of silver and 3 of a gilded copper alloy.