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Description: | A fragment from an early-medieval (mid 5th- to 6th-century Anglo-Saxon) small square-headed brooch. The piece is cast in copper alloy and gilded, and consists of the head-plate and upper bow. The head-plate is now sub-rectangular as a result of abrasions to its edges. Within a wide plain open rectangular border in relief is a series of vertical ridges (billets) delineated by incised lines, itself within a low rectangular border. The lower surface of the head-plate has the corroded remains of a central longitudinal pin lug. The bow is short and rectangular in plan, rising in a low arc. The upper surface is decorated with a central rib flanked on each side by a further rib. The break seems to be just beyond the halfway point of the bow. Where uncorroded surfaces survive the brooch is a dark-brown colour; much of the metal has corroded to a variable mid-green colour, on the lower surface in particular. Traces of gilding survive well in the recessed parts of the upper surface. The brooch is similar to examples illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993, 122-123; refs. 14.6, 14.7).
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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