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Description: | Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Gilt copper alloy atypical knob from a Group V cruciform brooch. The knob is in the form of a human adult male face. There is a flat rectangular panel at the top, with two incised lines in the centre. Below are two large moulded crescents each containing two incised lines in the centre, which represent the eyebrows. The eyes are represented by two large moulded pellets. The face has large convex cheeks and a wide fat nose. The ears are shown by a moulded scroll-like motif at either side of the head. The mouth is depicted by a short incised line, either side of which is an extended pointed terminal, perhaps representing a pointed beard. The entire face looks as if he is shocked or staring straight on.
The reverse is undecorated and has two short integral bars, which are the remains of the mechanism that attached the knob to the headplate. On some cruciform brooch examples such as this one the knobs were made separately and were attached via pins cast onto the sides of the head plate. This pin passed through holes in two lugs on the back of each of the knobs. On this particular example the bars on the reverse appear to have been intentially removed rather than having been broken, which suggests that the knob may have been reused. | Subjects: | Group V Cruciform Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daubney, Adam - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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