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Description: | A cast copper-alloy saucer brooch of early medieval (mid 5th or 6th century AD) date.
The brooch is circular and has an angled rim (slightly damaged) around the outside. A small circular hole of approximately 1.5mm diameter is located within the rim and would have originally held a chain, which would have attached the brooch to a second of similar nature. The entire upper surface of the plate has moulded decoration of devolved Anglo-Saxon Style I design. The central circular panel is decorated with four outward-facing and joined human or zoomorphic heads, parallels for which, with their curved hair, large sub-oval eyes and wide mouths, can be seen on many great square-headed brooches of this period. The four heads are separated by a triple-stranded cross with a central pellet. A plain rim marks the outer limit of the central panel; outside this is a decorative band consisting of a series of panels, each defined on both sides by a double vertical border and containing a scroll similar in nature to a letter "C" or "N". An outer ropework border completes the design. The flat area of the plate retains a significant amount of gilding. The pin attachment sits close to the edge on the reverse and consists of a single lug (damaged) with a central hole. The catchplate lies opposite the attachment and comprises a right-angled projection with a rolled top edge. The pin is missing.
The brooch measures 53mm in diameter by 4.8mm thick and weighs 35.95g. | 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 | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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