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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. The head plate is all that remains of the brooch. The trapezoid central panel has expanded wings either side. The integrally cast top and side knobs are domed in outline and flattened in section. The three knobs have double moulded collars. Only the top of the arched bow remains. It has faceted corners and a central vertical groove. On the back of the brooch, the two copper alloy hinge lugs are encrusted in iron corrosion. The surviving length of the brooch is 29.48mm, the width is 37.35mm and the weight is 9.39g. | 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 | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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