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Description: | Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. This cast copper alloy brooch is incomplete due to a missing footplate and pin. This brooch has been attributed to Leeds (1945) class D square headed (plain) small long brooches, which is based upon the shape of the headplate. However, square headed small long brooches can have a variety of different shaped footplates, thus the shape of the missing footplate on this example cannot be speculated. The square headplate is 15mm wide and decorated with a central ring and dot design, comprised of two rings. The undecorated bow is wide and quite short, with a worn rounded end where it would have originally been attached to the footplate. The thickness of the bow and its shape in profile are unknown due to only the only image being of the front of the brooch. The total length of the remaining brooch sections is 24mm. The reverse of the brooch is unknown, except that the pin (probably made from iron, as with most early Anglo-Saxon brooch pins) is missing, and the catchplate would have been situated behing the footplate. The brooch has damaged edges, especially around the headplate most likely due to agricultural activity. The patina and colouration are unknown. Small long brooches were in use from the late 5th century, circa 475AD until the early 6th century, circa 525AD.
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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