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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy small long type early Anglo-Saxon brooch. The foot terminal and the pin of the brooch are now missing. The brooch head has a rectangular central panel and rectangular wings forming a cruciform shape, there are worn tiny punched annulets delimiting the central panel and also arranged in rows on the wings. The bow is short and faceted and below this is an undecorated flat panel with a rectangular shaped lappet projecting from either side of it. The lappet is also decorated with rows of tiny punched annulets. The half-round panel has transverse mouldings and the foot is flat and flaring outwards into a spatulate form at its break.As the brooch has been over cleaned and the original surface no longer survives it is difficult to see the decoration clearly but there are tiny traces of a white metal coating on the front face as well as the worn punched annulets mentioned above. On the back face there is a single pin lug with corroded iron around it, presumably the remains of the pin, and a catchplate survives on the back face of the flat and half round panels. On the back face of the foot there is a grey deposit which may imply a solder or some sort of repair or other now missing attachment at this point. It measures 70.97mm in surviving length and is 42.26mm in width across the head and 9.84mm in width across the bow and 28.25mm in width across the lappets. Another similar brooch can be seen on the database at CAM-20F0D7.
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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