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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy early medieval small square headed brooch. The head plate of the brooch is rectangular and decorated with a raised moulded line that follows the rectangular outline. Within the rectangular field created by the raised line is a row of at least nine, parallel vertical raised lines. The bow is gently arched and has a moulded border and mid rib, that is flanked by two further moulded raised lines. The foot is severely truncated and would once have been sub lozenge in plan. It is now triangular, with only fragmentary remains of the design of the upper angles. To the reverse of the brooch is the pin bar lug and the complete catch plate, with curl intact. The object has a dark brown patina with small traces of gilding surviving. Break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The brooch has a surviving length of 36.08mm and is 22.52mm wide. A similar, complete example can be seen in MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, number 14.7.
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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