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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy Early Medieval brooch. The brooch was originally circular, but only a fragment of the edge remains. In profile the brooch has a flange forming a lip around the edge. The reverse of the brooch has an integral incomplete lug. This was probably the catchplate. The upper surface of the brooch has a high-relief design forming a hexafoil design with triangles in the field. The hexafoil is within three concentric rings. The central ring is further decorated with oblique notches. The design has probably been cast rather than chip carved. The brooch has a dark green patina. There are small patches of corrosion on the upper surface. The brooch measures 36.83mm long, 17.74mm wide and 6.5mm thick. It weighs 6.3g.
The brooch is a saucer type brooch. Dickinson (Dickinson, T. 1993 ??Early Saxon Saucer Brooches: A Preliminary Overview?? Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History Volume 6 p. 22-23) has studied these types of brooches, produced a typology and concludes the hexafoil design is found on large Midlands??s brooches dating to the early 6th century onwards. | Subjects: | Saucer Anglo Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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