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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The fragment is an inverted T-shape 40.9mm long and 15.1mm wide at the shaft and 31.3mm wide at the cross of the T. It consists of most of the horse head terminal from the foot of the brooch. The very bottom of the brooch, with a probable spatulate extension and certainly the end of the nostrils, is missing. The fragment starts with the remains of 2 circular flaring nostrils projecting out either side, with 2 grooves running up the middle of the nostril panel along the line of the brooch. Above this is an eye panel, delineated by 2 parallel transverse grooves both above and below it, and with 2 moulded protuding eyes, one each side. Above this is a raised transverse collar and the start of another panel, presumably half round, which is now missing. The underside of the fragment is plain except for a patch of green corrosion; the fragment does not continue far enough to include the catchplate. The bottom end is very straight and regular at a slight angle across the width of the brooch. It is across one of the widest parts of the brooch not a natural weakness, so the bottom of the brooch was probably deliberately cut off. The corrosion along this cut/break suggests it occurred in antiquity. The top break is less regular but also corroded, suggesting an old break rather than a cut. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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