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Description: | A cast copper alloy, gilded Anglo-Saxon button brooch.
The brooch has an angular rim, which is slightly damaged. The brooch is otherwise flat and circular (maximum diameter 20.09mm). The brooch depicts two incised circles, just inside the rim. Inside the circle there is a depiction of a stylised head, the head could be anthropomorphic. The shapes which make up the face are all raised. The face has been very highly stylised, almost to the point where it no long resembles a face. An exact parallel for the face could not be found in Avent and Evison??s typology, but it is similar to examples on Plate XV.
The brooch survives in a very good condition, with very little corrosion or damage. The gilded surface survives largely intact.
The reverse is undecorated, but the broken remains of the pin lug and the catchplate survive. The pin lug is a single lug (now surviving as a small lump). The catchplate also only survives as a small lump. The pin lug and the catchplate have been arranged in a longitudinal alignment. No pin survives, but iron corrosion can be seen on the reverse. The brooch is otherwise complete. The artefact is generally a mid brownish-green colour. The thickness measurement below includes the rim. This type of brooch dates from the Early Anglo-Saxon period, between circa 450-550 AD. | Subjects: | Button | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Clifford, Trista - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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