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Description: | An early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy button brooch (AD450-550). The circular brooch had the remains of the catchplate and double lugs on the reverse with a few traces of iron corrosion. The pin is no longer present. The raised edges of the brooch are broken, so that the face of the brooch is all one level. The breaks have the same mid-dark green patina as the reverse. The front of the brooch has a carved stylized human face/anthropomorphic face mask. Carved curvilinear lines depict centrally parted hair, prominent brows, lentoid eyes with underlines and a down-turned moustache and mouth. Approximately 90 percent of the gilding remains on the front surface.
Dimensions: Thickness 5.35mm; diameter 15.77mm; weight 3.16g
MacGregor, A and Bolick, E. A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non ferrous metals). Ashmolean Museum Oxford British Archaeological Reports 230 Oxford | 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
550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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