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Description: | An almost complete cast copper alloy Early Medieval Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. The trapezoidal head plate has a rectangular wing either side. There is a decorated vertical line of punched dots down the side of the head pate and also down a raised central band on each wing. Above the head plate is an integral half-domed knop with a collar and a grooved line around the bottom of the dome. The side knops are also integral but are not identical with the left one being slightly smaller and lower. On the back of the head plate is the remains of an incomplete single pierced hinge and the pin is missing. On either side of the hinge is a vertical groove. The arched bow has faceted corners and is carinated at the front and concave behind. Most of the original surface of the bow has worn off. The foot plate below the bow is almost pentagon shaped and has an integral semi-circular lappet at each side, separated from the plate by a border of two vertical grooves. The edge of both the foot plate and lappets has the same punched dot border. Down the centre of the field is a vertical ridge with a line of the punched dot decoration on either side. At the junction with the foot is a triple moulding and the foot is sub-triangular and curves upwards at the end. The foot has the same ridge down the centre with a line of punched dots on either side. At the back of the foot plate is the remains of the catch plate, which seems to consist of a separate strip of metal which has been attached into the brooch. Both the front and back of the brooch has extensive file marks in various directions, which is quite a unusual method of production. The length is 69.2mm, the width is 37.4mm, the maximum thickness is 10.4mm and the weight is 16.16g.
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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