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Description: | An Early Medieval copper alloy disc brooch which is 25.9mm in diameter and 5.9mm thick. The brooch is circular with seven fairly equally spaced projecting lobes round the edge. Each lobe once contained an enamel cell, but many are now damaged and the enamel does not survive. The face of the brooch is decorated with cloisonn?? enamel. The design is of a central light blue square with concave sides, which is bordered by curved bands of translucent dark blue enamel. On the outside of the four bands are four semi-circular areas of enamel. Two that are diametrically opposite each other contain white enamel, and the other two are yellow. This brooch is very similar to those discussed in a paper by David Buckton. The colours used are those most commonly found on this type of brooch, which until recently was believed to be Roman in date. Many of the parallels given were gilded, but there is no surviving evidence of this on this example. The brooch has a corroded double lug and catchplate on the reverse, but the pin is missing. The metal has a dark green patina. The enamel is cracked, but survives remarkably well. This type of brooch is now believed to date from the tenth or eleventh centuries. | Subjects: | cloisonne enamel disc | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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