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Description: | Early Medieval (late Anglo-Saxon, 10th -11th century AD) incomplete cast copper alloy cloisonn?? enamelled brooch. The brooch has 5 (out of an original 7) evenly spaced semi-circular lobes around the edge, only three are complete. The complete lobes have ring-and-dot decoration. The centre of the brooch is recessed, and the wire cells and enamel are completely missing. The reverse of the brooch has the remains of an applied hinge lug and catchplate. A small amount of gilding survives on the reverse. The surface of the brooch is worn and pitted, and has a mid to light green colouration. It has a diameter of 23.88mm, is 2.23mm thick and weighs 1.55 grams.
Similar brooches (with the enamel design in tact) can be seen in Buckton 'Late 10th- and 11th-century cloisonne enamel brooches'in Medieval Archaeology (1986) Volume 30. | Subjects: | cloisonn?? | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McLean, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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