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Description: | A detachable side-plate from the head of an elaborate cruciform brooch, probably of Group IVb. This is more developed than any of the published examples from Suffolk illustrated by West (1998), however. It takes the form of a semicircular plate 23mm in diameter, with a pointed extension at the mid-point (outer side, centre) of the arc. At the centre of the inner side, i.e. the straight side opposite the arc, the plate, which is 1mm thick, develops into a collar which is rounded on the front, attaining 4mm thickness at the apex of its domed profile, but flat on the back. This occupies a zone of 7mm with a scooped lateral channel. The inner end of this collar process is laterally (i.e. horizontally) notched so that it may be located onto the edge of the headplate of a cruciform brooch. On the underside of this notch is attached a lug of 8mm breadth and 4mm height, with a large (3mm) circular piercing. This lug, which lies across the underside of the collar, aligns with another arching lug 9mm across at its base, 1.5mm thick, and standing 4.5mm high from the back of the plate, which has a similar 3mm perforation. This is set in the middle of the back of the plate. A rod passed through these two lugs to secure the detachable side-arm or head-piece to the square headplate of the brooch. At either side of the collared process, the inward side of the detachable plate has a neat semicircular indent of 2.5mm diameter, leaving the outer edge of the arc to conclude at a point less than 1mm in breadth. the effect is therefore to give the arc of the semicircular plate the appearance of barbs on the outside and a stem in the form of the inner collared process, with the point at the outer centre of the arc opposite.The closest Suffolk parallels in shape are the non-detachable side-arms of the Claydon brooch (West 1998 Fig 17.6) and the Lakenheath brooch fragment (fig 108.2), and also the side-arms of the exotic iron cruciform brooch from Hoxne (Fig 49.8, BM). Comparison may also be drawn with the crescentic top and side-knobs of a brooch from Barrington (Cambs), Ashmolean John Evans colln. 1909.297 (MacGregor & Bolick p.104, no. 12.24) and with others from Haslingfield (ibid 1909.239, M&B p.106 no 12.29). These plain detachable axe-shaped arms are related to the detachable knobs of the early cruciform brooches, and to the detachable ornamented side-plates of some of the florid cruciform brooches. This is therefore an important Suffolk example of this particular type. | Subjects: | Class IVb cruciform | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Plunkett, Tom - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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