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Description: | Fragment of gilded copper-alloy headplate from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, dating to the second half of the 6th century. What remains of the probably originally rectangular head-plate consists of part of a central trapezoidal panel (wider at the base) with part of a lower, possibly rectangular, wing to the left. Running across the top of the central panel is a 3 mm wide raised band, and a small area of relief decoration (possibly the eyes of a face-mask) above that. There is a double pin bar lug on the reverse, with a little iron staining around from the pin or bar. There are some traces of gilding on the obverse (none on the reverse). Length c.27mm, width 25.4mm, thickness including damaged pin bar lug 5.04mm, thickness not including pin bar lug c.2.4-3.5mm, weight 8.37g.MacGregor & Bollick 1993 ('Summary Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Collections', Oxford) p109 no.12.35 shows a cruciform brooch with similar head plate, from Darlington, Durham, although it is not gilded. Other parallels from the Suffolk corpus of florid cruciform brooches might include one from West Stow (West 1998, fig. 152.8) and one from either Ipswich or Snape (West 1998, fig. 152.13). These brooches date to the later sixth century.
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