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Description: | Incomplete (about half) copper alloy Early Early-Medieval saucer brooch, consisting, if taken horizontally across the centre, of the half with a (incomplete) catchplate at its reverse bottom centre. Its incomplete width is 38.5mm, its incomplete length 28.5mm and it weighs 11.16g. Max thickness is 2mm at the decorated part; the rim is 1mm thick. The brooch has been distorted through heat, which has also blackened the decorated surface, presumably once gilded.The brooch is decorated with a rib defining an area around the circumference, and around this a 6mm wide rim. The decorated area appears to be slightly domed with a flat rim (there is a clear angle between the two though it is unclear how the heat has affected this - it varies from 120° to 160°). This domed-impression has no doubt been caused by heat - Saucer brooches are flat with an up-turned rim. The estimated diameter of this central area is c.36mm and the overall diameter of the brooch is c.48mm.The decorated area has, at its centre, a 3.5mm diameter rounded boss. It is 3mm high.On the reverse, the metal is a lightish green in colour. With the catchplate at 6 o'clock, it is curving to the left, but much of this curl is broken/ damaged, not recent and possibly through heat? The top of the curl is rather flat and appears squashed.Its Style 1 decoration is of 6th century date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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