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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy early medieval small-long brooch. The head plate of this brooch is triangular in plan and is flattened across the top (i.e. there is no point). Beneath the triangle is a wasted stem. At the bottom of the stem, extending from each corner, is a downward curving arm or knop. The headplate is plain. The bow is arched and rectangular in plan. It is decorated with two parallel, horizontal grooved lines at either end. The main body of the bow has been moulded with two, broad, shallow recesses and a raised mid ridge. The foot is lozenge shaped, with the top point of the lozenge being flattened off, where it integrally extends from the bow. It is plain. There are no traces of tinning of gilding. The reverse of the brooch is plain and flat. A single pin bar loop remains with traces of iron corrosion, which is all that remains of the pin. The solid catch plate is intact except for its curl. The broken edge is worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object has an even light green patina. The brooch is 60.32mm long and 10.04mm wide at the head. Brooches of this type date from the early fifth century into the sixth century. Though this is a more unusual form and an exact parallel is not illustrated, MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, does show a brooch with a bifurcated head with a similar lozenge foot, number 15.79.
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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