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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 19.9mm). The brooch depicts an incised circle, just inside the rim. Inside the circle there is a depiction of some sort of head, the head could be anthropomorphic. The lines and shapes which make up the face, are all raised. The surface of the brooch is however extremely corroded.
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 3.3, 3.4 and 38.1. The eyes and nose are just about visible, but the rest of the face has been formed from a series of raised markings. Only traces of gilding survive on the surface of the brooch.
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. The brooch is otherwise complete.
The metal appears worn and corroded. 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. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | WALKER, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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