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Description: | Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, copper alloy, complete except for missing pin & spring. Rectangular head plate decorated with a row of punched annulets on either side (clearest on the left side). Short (length c.5mm) rectangular wings. Integrally cast top and side knobs; the knobs are slightly hollowed on the reverse, and each has a simple trapezoidal undecorated(?) collar. The bow has faceted corners, and is slightly carinated on the obverse and flat on the reverse. Incised transverse groove at the top and bottom of the bow, and short central longitudinal groove extended no further than the break. The top of the foot is decorated with two closely spaced transverse grooves, then a raised triple collar at the junction with the debased animal head which has prominent eyes, and slightly expanded fused nostrils marked by chevron moulding. Single centrally placed broken pin hinge on the reverse of the head plate with some iron staining around. The slightly damaged catchplate is stepped a the base. Mid blue-green patina, some patchy light-mid green corrosion, some soil adhering. Length 127.7mm, width of head 58.82mm, width of top of bow 20.7mm, width across nostrils 17.35mm, thickness (front of bow to back of catchplate) c.28mm, weight 61.16g.
This is one of a pair of matching brooches found close together, presumably from the same grave (see DENO-A98DD5). | Subjects: | cruciform Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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