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Description: | Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. This cast copper alloy brooch is incomplete due to a missing 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, irrespective of the footplate shape. The square headplate is 16mm wide and is attached to a very short, wide bow with concave edges which then widen out into a sub-triangular footplate. The shape of the bow in profile is unknown, however from the images availiable it appears to be almost flat with a slight curve. The entire surface of the brooch is heavily worn, and there is no apparent decoration. It has been suggested that the brooch was deliberately ground down, and that the sub-triangular footplate was originally lozenge form. The surviving sections of the brooch are 31mm long. The reverse of the brooch has an intergral hinge and catchplate surviving behind the headplate and footplates respectively. The pin is missing. Most pins on early Anglo-Saxon brooches were made in iron, thus is it possible that the pin has completelu corroded however there does not appear to be any iron staining on the reverse of the brooch. The patina and colouration are unknown due to the black and white photograph. 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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