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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy early medieval small-long brooch. The head plate of this brooch is trefoil shaped in plan with crescentic lobes. Each lobe is decorated around its curved edge with a double punched row of āVā shapes with the points facing outwards (the inner row smaller so that it sits within the outer row). At the point just above the bow are two parallel, horizontal grooved lines. The bow is arched with a triangular section (i.e. it is bevelled). Beneath the bow is a deep āVā shaped groove, flanked by a horizontal grooved line to either side. The foot is rectangular and triangular in section like the bow. It is truncated along its length and the rest of the brooch is missing. The worn break edge suggests that this damage occurred in antiquity. There are no traces of tinning of gilding. The reverse of the brooch is plain and flat. A single pin bar lug remains and holds a substantial amount of iron corrosion product which is all that remains of the pin. The solid catch plate is mostly complete but missing its curl. The object has an even light blue-green patina. The brooch is 51.48mm long and 30.01mm wide at the head. Brooches of this type date from the early fifth century into the sixth century. Though an exact parallel is not illustrated, MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, do show a similar trefoil headed brooch, number 15.65. | Subjects: | Small-long Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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