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Description: | A near complete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. It is complete with the exception of the iron pin, most of which is missing due to old breaks.The brooch has a headplate with rectangular central panel and slightly trapezoidal wings with flaring, rounded corners and curved outer edge. Integrally cast copper-alloy half-round knobs with flat backs, dome shaped front faces and moulded collars are present on both sides and the top. The wings have punched decoration comprised of opposed triangles or egg-timer shaped motifs that form a border around he outer edges of both wings. The metal at the central panel is slightly bobbled and corroded in places, but it is uncertain whether this might possibly be the result of exposure to high temperatures. The back face of the headplate preserves the corroded remains of the integrally cast hinge. This is semi-circular in form and holds in place an iron spring with the beginnings of the pin, the remainder missing due to old breaks.Beneath the headplate is a short bow that is rectangular in form, curved in profile and with a flat back face. This has a faceted front face with prominent central ridge and transverse undecorated panels at top and bottom. The foot consists of a flat rectangular panel with double transverse grooves across its centre and integrally cast cathplate on the back face. Beneath this panel is a half-round moulded collar with large central transverse groove and smaller transverse groove at the base. From the collar extends a horse-head terminal with prominent central ridge, bulbous eyes to either side and flattened spatulate extension at the base. To either side beneath the eyes are comma shaped nostrils with punched central dot. At the outer edge of the spatulate extension is a border of punched egg-timer or opposing triangle shaped motifs. Corrosion of the metalwrok similar to that seen on the headplate is noted on the front and back faces of the foot.The brooch measures 94.99mm in length, 34.90mm in width at headplate (49.75mm including side knobs), and 43.09g in weight.Examples of similar Anglo-Saxon brooches are noted in Suffolk (see for example West, 1998: nos. 38.1, 41.2, 106.3-4, 107.4, 136.2-4) and indicate a 6th century AD date for the current example.
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