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Description: | A copper-alloy brooch. This brooch is circular in shape, measuring 22mm in diameter. It has a circumferential border of incised rocker-arm decoration. There are then seven evenly spaced circular indentations, each measuring 3mm in diameter. One of these indentations has corroded iron within and surrounding it, both on its front and back face; it is therefore possible that there was a perforation at this point, although what such a perforation could be for is not known. In the centre of this brooch there is a hollow cylindrical copper-alloy projection, measuring 6mm in diameter and 4mm in height. It contains a dark blue setting which may be a stone but is most likely to be enamel. The back face of this brooch is flat and there are two rectangular copper-alloy parallel projections, very worn, near to the opposite edges; these may be the remains of the pin loop and catch plate. There is also a lot of corroded iron between and surrounding these projections, which could perhaps be the remains of an iron pin. No published parallel could be found for this brooch, however an almost identical brooch, although in slightly better condition, has been discovered near Wyverstone, Suffolk. The style (with enamel and transverse pin lug) suggests that they are probably mid to late early medieval in date, although rocker-arm is more often found on post-Conquest objects and the occasional Roman brooch. | Subjects: | disc | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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