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Description: | A copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled brooch dating form the late Anglo-Saxon period, circa 10th - 11th century. This brooch is circular in shape with evenly spaced circular edge projections or lobes. Only six out of a possible seven of the lobes survive. A space and scar exist where the seventh would have originally been. Two are very badly damaged. The front face is decorated with a floral geometric motif executed in cloisonné enamelling. Cloisonné enamelling, as seen on this example, was where the inlay was applied into interlocking cells, made from flattened wire. The motif in the centre has four white petals arranged in a diamond shaped. Projecting out from the gaps between each petals are four yellow petals. All of these petals have been delicately outlined by copper wire, before the enamel was inlaid. The area surrounding the petal arrangement on the main face of the brooch has been infilled with dark blue enamel. The decorative enamel face of the brooch is being held in place by a folded over sheets of copper alloy. This sheet forms a collar around the face and clamps it into position. All of the projecting lobes would once have held a dark blue enamel setting, but now only one survives. Each lobe is circular in shape with a central circular recess.The reverse is flat and undecorated. The remains of the lug attachment and the catchplate survive as small stumps on opposite side of the brooch's reverse. The copper alloy is a dark blackish-green colour, but has been covered with a lacquer. This brooch is similar in style to an example found in Suffolk (see Hattatt reference below).
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