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Description: | Copper-alloy disc brooch, probably of late Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavian origin. The brooch measures 31mm in diameter and the obverse is decorated with a curvilinear Jellinge-style design, possibly depicting a stylised bird with large feet and wings outstretched. This is set within a thin border (1.9 mm thick). It is likely that the obverse of the brooch would have once been enamelled or gilded. The reverse has two pierced lugs on which the pin would have hinged and a third lug opposite which would have served as a catch plate for the pin. There is a third element to the reverse, which is a third lug, situated at a right angle to hinge mechanism and catchplate. This lug is also pierced, giving it the appearance of a suspension loop. Helen Geake has noted the presence of these lugs on late Early-Medieval brooches (Geake 2001, 24) and has acknowledged that the use of this feature is currently unclear, and that it may be a safety mechanism, or that it may enable the brooch to be worn as a pendant. The presence of this feature on this example is a further indicator that it is of a late Early-Medieval date. | Subjects: | Disc | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brindle, Tom - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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