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Description: | The copper-alloy fragment of a middle Anglo-Saxon ansate (caterpillar) brooch. Only the terminal with the remains of the catchplate on its back face survives, the rest of this brooch is missing due to old breaks. It measures 16.4mm in length and 13mm in width. The fragment is roughly rectangular in shape and its terminal has a rounded end. The front face is decorated with a central longitudinal rectangular panel with two ring and dot motifs within it, either side of this central panel there are three longitudinal grooves. On the back face of the fragment there is the remains of the catch plate. | Subjects: | ansate | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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