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Description: | Eleven fragments of a copper alloy cast Anglo-Saxon great square-headed brooch. The fragments, some of them joining, make up most of the square head (with rounded corners) of the brooch, the bow, and a disc-shaped foot. They are decorated with gilding and also chip-carved decoration in style 1, depicting human (bearded faces?) as well as animal figures and other indecipherable designs. The bow has a central socket ca 5mm in diameter in which to set a gem or other decorative piece. The fragments were not all found at the same time but over a period of time and in were scattered, presumably having been broken up by ploughing. They range is size from 16mm by 7mm to 49mm by 35mm (the bow). The total weight is 64.2g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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