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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Saucer brooch of Early-medieval date. The geometric patterns seen on Saucer brooches such as this example are thought to have originated in late Roman art. A parallel for this artefact is provided by a brooch from St. Andrew's Hospital, Northampton (see T.M. Dickinson; 1993; pp. 22). It dates from the 5th or 6th century AD. The brooch is circular in plan and has an angled outer rim. The upper surface bears cast decoration, at the centre of which is a five-pointed star with two raised borders enclosing a pentagonal relief panel with central pellet. Surrounding the star is a double raised ring and groove border. A flat, plain band extends from the outermost groove to the bottom of the rim. On the reverse is the remnant of a single-lug pin attachment, with attached iron corrosion from the now-missing pin; opposite this is an incomplete catchplate, set at a right-angle to the back of the plate. The brooch is badly bent and corroded. It measures 35.4mm in diameter, 5.2mm thick and weighs 11.1g.
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