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Description: | A copper alloy pennannular brooch with two opposed animal head terminals. The frame is circular in section and widens towards the terminals, between which there is a gap. The opposing section of the frame is slightly worn. The animal terminals have flat upturned snouts, slightly open mouths, flattened triangular ears and large oval eyes. Their tongues (or lower lips) are slightly protruding in the gap between the heads. There is a groove in the centre of their heads. It is likely that the pin would have been wrapped around the frame opposite the gap, with its point resting in the gap. This method of attachment occurs with Roman and Early Medieval penannular brooches. Medieval brooches tend to have a short constriction for the pin loop with the point of the pin resting on the opposite part of the frame. There is no evidence for a bar in this place on this brooch. The design of this brooch is reminiscent of the late Roman buckles with two opposed dolphin heads (Bishop and Coulston 2006, 219 fig. 137) (this cannot be identified as such a buckle in the absence of lugs to attach the separate plate and pin). This type of brooch is likely to have continued into the Early Medieval period.
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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