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Description: | Side knob from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The knob was cast separately, and is semi-circular in cross-section, with a hollow concave reverse and domed front. The edge that would have been next to the headplate is straight, and there is a wide groove across the knob just above this. The main part of the knob is rounded in outline and there is a less distinct groove and then a small plain extension at the end. Part of the iron bar which held the knob in place on the brooch plate survives, visible in the depression on the reverse, and broken off at the base. This bar would have extended the width of the head-plate, through the pin bar lug in the centre, to hold the spring and pin of the brooch before securing the other side knob. The knob would also presumably have been secured by soldering (MacGregor and Bolick 1993, 96). The brooch probably dates to the first half of the sixth century.
Length 18.89mm, width of base 15.55mm, width of top 9.3mm, thickness 8.92mm, weight 7.14g. | 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: | 500
550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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