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Description: | A copper alloy circular mount from an Early Medieval Great Square Headed brooch. The stud is a circular disc with a raised rim and a zoomorphic design in relief. There is a small circular hole by the rim, and the rim is damaged in two other places. Some gilt survives on the decorated surface. The reverse is undecorated. In the centre is a short circular projecting rivet stud. The mount is in good condition with a dark brown patina but with some powdery green corrosion products in the hollows. In West's "A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk" on page 151 there is an example of a square-headed brooch with a circular disc mounted on the bow. The West example is smaller and undecorated, but it is possible that this mount had a similar function. Another parallel from West is the stud on page 138 which is a similar object though larger and with geometric instead of zoomorphic decoration. The design on the Appleby stud is best paralleled on a brooch from Ruskington, Lincs (Hines 1997, plate 86a) which bears a more refined version of the motif. The perforation shows that this object has been re-used as a pendant. A sixth century date seems most likely.
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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