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Description: | Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy disc brooch, 30.5mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition, having part of its edge missing and has a dark green patina with patches of green corrosion. The brooch has small traces of silvering and weighs 8.73 grams. On its reverse it has a hooked catchplate, 10mm wide and 9mm high, there is also a circular patch of yellowish corrosion where the pin may have been attached. The brooch is decorated in the Borre style and matches exactly fig. 1692 in Hattatt's ancient brooches. It consists of a central circle placed inside a raised lozengee which has interlace protruding from each of its corners, these twine around to form a knot motif which fills each quarter. | 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: | 800
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Wendy Scott | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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