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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The surviving brooch is in two pieces, broken at the base of the headplate. The headplate has a plain rectangular central panel with an incomplete wing either side. Both the side knobs are missing. Above the central panel is an integrally cast half-round knob with a grooved collar. Above the knob is an incomplete extension. The arched bow has a concave reverse, faceted corners and a central vertical groove. Above and below the bow are plain flat panels. The footplate has a plain rectangular panel with incomplete lappets either side. At the junction of the foot terminal are two bands of moulding with incised horizontal grooves. The incomplete animal head terminal is broken just below the protruding eyes. The surviving length is 98.6mm, the width is 41.4mm and the weight is 55.21g.
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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