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Description: | Gilt Anglo-Saxon button-type brooch with a central round garnet setting. A 'helmet' of the Class B button brooch style (human face design) is situated directly above the garnet, however the remaining decoration does not resemble a face despite the garnet setting originally described as an 'eye'. There are two raised semi-circles curving around the lower half of the garnet. A flat undecorated border encompasses the design and there is an upturned rim giving the brooch a 'saucer' shape. However, the size of the brooch and the helmet decoration suggests a possible relationship or derivative of the button brooch hence the Button-Type classification rather than a saucer brooch which is larger in size. Other button-type brooches also contain a central garnet setting, but these rarely have the helmet motif of true button brooches. The pin is horizontal relative to the front of the brooch. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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