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Description: | Late Saxon Disc brooch with backward-looking beast within border of possibly 28 pellets (the most frequently recorded number of pellets on a brooch of this type). The beast has a forked, upturned tail, open jaws and a spiky mane. Ring-and-dot eye, single ring-and-dots on beast's breast and haunches. The beast has four legs, with two or three toes on each, although the foot furthest to the left is indistinguishable from the spikes of the mane. On the reverse are two raised areas indicating the location of the pin-lug and catch-plate. The pin-lug was positioned directly behind the beast's head and was set parallel to the outer edge of the brooch. The pin-lug appears to have been filed down. The catch-plate still remains, but has been hammered flat onto the reverse of the brooch. No trace of a pin remains. This example is in fairly good condition, although the decoration is worn in places, particularly on the obverse in front of where the pin-lug and catch-plate are positioned, presumably as a result of filing and hammering the remains of the pin-lug and catch-plate. It is unclear what this brooch was used for after the fastenings had been removed from the reverse, but given the effort involved it appears that it had a secondary use of some sort.Diameter: 27mm. Weight: 5.45g.Backward-turning animal brooches are thought to date to the late Saxon period, probably from the early tenth century onwards. The type is characteristic of East Anglia. This example is the ninth in a series of mould-identical backward turning animal brooches found in Norfolk, with other examples known from Hillington (HER 20176), Forncett (HER 24658), Mundham (HER 24894), Elsing (NHER 28643), Hevingham (HER 29292), Salle (HER 30429), Thompson (HER 39736) and Martham (HER 41693).
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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