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Description: | Anglo-Saxon cast copper alloy button brooch. This brooch is an example of Avent and Evison Class Ai. Button brooches are circular in shape and resemble miniature saucer brooches, although the relationship between these two brooch classes is not clear. The brooch is 16mm in diameter and has a maximum thickness of 3mm, the weight is unknown. The brooch is worn and corroded on all surfaces, and has a dull brown patina with no gilding remaining on the surface. The rim is missing from this brooch and it has a worn damaged edge. The upper face is decorated with a face-mask motif, which is comprised of 7 different elements. There is a pointed helmet with upturned ends, and immediately below the helmet are curved eyebrows, again with upturned ends. The centre of the eyebrows joins to a narrow nose which flares out at the nostrils. The eyes are small and rounded with heavily worn, curved, well placed eye-rings below. The cheeks are full and rounded. The face has an open mouth with an upper element with upturned ends extending over the lower element, possibly representing a moustache. There is further decoration surrounding the face-mask, which is comprised of a flat decorative border with a ring of notched radial lines on its inside edge; due to wear this ring of lines only partially remains on the brooch. The reverse of the brooch has the remains of a pin lug and a catchplate, the latter having a small amount of iron corrosion around it, implies that an iron pin was originally attached to the brooch. The pin was positioned across the face at a slight angle, with the pin lug at 273 degrees and the catchplate at 93 degrees; these angles correspond to the face of the brooch as opposed to the reverse so they are comparable with the measurements from Avent and Evison's research.
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