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Description: | Early medieval brooch; cast copper alloy small long brooch of 6th century date. The brooch has a simple rectangular head and steeply arched bow. The bow tapers slightly towards the foot but expands and then contracts again just before the foot. The foot is a rounded, domed shape, comprising slightly more than half a circle. The catchplate is present on the back of the bow, between the arch and the foot. It is quite long and narrow, curling over along the edge. The pin fitting is also present, situated behind the head. It is in the form of two pierced, arched lugs and has some evidence of rust-coloured corrosion around it, suggesting that the pin was probably of an iron-rich material which has now corroded away. The brooch is decorated with a border down both vertical sides of the head, formed of a double line with a zig-zag line between. The arch of the bow has border panels at either end, marked by two transverse, double lines with a line of dogtooth triangles extending into the panel from the border line nearest the apex of the bow. The lower bow is decorated with various transverse, double lines and indents. There is a little knop on either side at the apex of the slight expansion near the foot. Below the knops there is a double diagonal line which comes to a point in the centre of the bow. This, together with the knops and the rounded foot, gives the impression of an animal head at the foot of the brooch.Length 86.1mm, width 26.3mm, thickness 25.2mm, weight 31.05gRef: MacGregor and Bolick "Ashmolean Museum; A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-ferrous Metals)" (pp. 132-136, nos. 15.27-15.43)
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