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Description: | Cast copper alloy gilded button brooch of Early Medieval date, late fifth century or sixth century. Diameter 17mm, rim height 3.3mm. Weight 3.61g. Pin missing. The brooch is circular in plan with an upturned rim which flares outwards at an angle of about 70 degrees. At the centre is a small anthropomorphic face-mask with a pointed ?helmet beneath which there are pronounced curved eyebrows. The eyes are round and are set well back into their sockets and the cheeks are full and rounded. The nostrils flare outwards to form the upper part of the mouth which is horizontal. The face is enclosed with a raised serrated ring. The serrations have probably been executed by punching. Between the raised ring and the flaring rim is a plain border. Most of the gilding survives but is mainly absent around the facial features. The rear of the brooch is flat and pitted and has the remains of a single pin bar lug and catch-plate which is set at an angle of 270 degrees in relation to the front of the brooch. The extreme rim of the brooch is eroded due to bronze disease. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 450
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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