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Description: | Copper alloy object of unknown function in the form of an eagle. The eagle is depicted in flight in plan, with its head looking to the right. The details of the body are created by a series of equally spaced incised lines within a single line decorating the perimeter of the bird. The head has a thick neck and thin beak. The eyes are represented by a small rectangle, and down the centre of the back of the neck is a vertical double line with six horizontal lines to each side. The back of the eagle is represented by an incised lozenge set within an incised pentagon. The right wing is smaller than the left, and it seems that this may be a design fault rather than an attempt to show the bird in motion. The left wing has a double line incised horiontally which divides the wing into an upper and a lower section. The upper section has seven incised lines, whilst the lower has six. The same decoration method is seen on the right wing, although the upper section only has five lines and the lower seven. The tail feathers are defined by six incised lines. The reverse of the object is completely void of any decoration or evidence for method of attachment. The copper alloy has an even reddish patina often seen in late anglo-saxon metalwork.The eagle is distinctly different to the type of eagle brooches that are attributed to the 6th century AD, and so far a parallel has not been found. Judging by the blank reverse, the eagle may have been a mount of some kind. The style of the incised panel decoration strongly resembles the garnets laid onto merovingian brooches and it may be that this find is a base metal copy of such a piece.
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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