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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy early medieval small-long brooch. The head plate of this brooch is rectangular in plan. It is simply decorated with a central punched dot, which is bordered on both sides and above (but not below) by a border of smaller punched dots. The bow is arched with a triangular section (i.e. it is bevelled). It has a moulding at the top which forms faceted corners. The foot is rectangular and has two horizontal lines just beneath the bow, and three horizontal lines at the bottom end. Below the three horizontal lines we would expect the foot to continue into a flared or expanded shape. However the brooch has clearly been truncated at this point. The worn break edge suggests that this damage occurred in antiquity. There are no traces of tinning of gilding. The object has an even light green patina. The reverse of the brooch is plain. A single pin bar lug remains and holds a substantial amount of iron corrosion from the spring and pin which are now missing. The solid catch plate is complete. The brooch is 41.9mm long and 20.6mm wide at the head. Brooches of this type date from the early fifth century into the sixth century. An example with rectangular head, though with a different punched decoration, can be seen in West 1998, number 50.9.
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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