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Description: | An elaborate copper-alloy Carolingian plate brooch dating to the late 8th or 9th century. The brooch has a flat rectangular face divided into two panels; one is rectangular and the other is square. The perimeter of the panels is decorated with two lines of silvering; between the lines are a series of non-silvered dashes revealing the copper-alloy surface. The rectangular panel is decorated with a chip-carved motif possibly containing a very stylised acanthus leaf. The square panel also contains a chip-carved motif though probably representing an animal. The reverse of the brooch contains a square pin lug with a circular hole in the centre. There is some iron corrosion around the hole. At the other end is an integral hook forming a simple catchplate.The brooch is broadly comparable with a rectangular mount, or plate brooch, from Nidd, North Yorkshire (Medieval Archaeology, 53 [2009], p. 343, with further parallels and references) and presumably reflects Viking contacts across the North Sea/Channel. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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