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Description: | Disc mount from the bow of a Great Square-headed brooch, gilt copper alloy, Early Medieval. The decoration on the front comprises of two concentric rings, between which is a repeated design pattern of elongated 'Z's arranged circumferentially. At the centre is a circular boss. The boss and outer section are not gilded. The reverse has a short broken rivet projecting from the centre. This would have originally have gone through a hole in the bow of the brooch. The whole mount has a glossy deep green patina and measures 30.5mm in diameter x 4.7mm thick, and weighs 8.06g. The mount probably dates from the first part of the early medieval period, about 470 - 570AD.Dr Kevin Leahy writes:This object is best interpreted as a disc-mount from the bow of a great square-headed brooch, as on the example from Tuxford, Notts (Hines 1997, 341, Pl. 13a) or Ipswich, Suffolk (op. cit. 329, Pl 58a). While these mounts represent unusual survivals the presence of holes through the bows of a number of square-headed brooches suggests that the addition of decorative discs to the bows of brooches was not uncommon.Dr Helen Geake writes: Similar discs with Style I decoration are also known from the apexes of shield bosses, but these have flat reverses with solder on them (e.g. BH-E649E3 and YORYM-3938D7).
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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