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Description: | A cast copper alloy Saxon brooch fragment, dating to the late 5th- 6th century. This fragment is the terminal lobe of a square-headed brooch. The object is sub oval in shape with a central teardrop shaped raised panel. Surrounding this are three alternate pairings of concentric raised and incised lines following the teardrop shape, the outer of which forms a raised edge to the fragment. The surface retains substantial traces of gilding within the incised lines. Originally the gilding would have covered the whole surface of the object. Either side of the pointed end of the raised panel, there are two circular features which do not seem to relate to complete examples of this type of brooch. It is possible that they are areas of more degraded copper alloy, due to wear. The fragment has broken at an angle at the tip of the teardrop shaped panel; this break is worn. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The metal surface is mid greyish green in colour. Complete examples are illustrated in Hattatt, 1987 page 314 Figure 102. | 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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