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Description: | Bow and fragment of headplate and footplate from a gilded copper-alloy Kentish square-headed brooch of Leigh's series III. The bow has a central raised longitudinal band with a shorter longitudinal ridge to either side, contained within round-ended grooves. The top and bottom of the central raised band extend to either side to form a raised curving band at either end of the bow. Similar bows can be found in Leigh's catalogue, on brooches from Chessell Down grave 9 and Howletts grave 23. The headplate has Style I decoration with an oblique element to the left (looking a little like an eye) and a more horizontal ridge to the right. Parallels to the headplate's decorative scheme in Leigh's catalogue include one from Highdown grave 1. The footplate fragment is very tiny and has no surviving decoration. Early Anglo-Saxon, first half of sixth century AD. This object has been identified from the image only.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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