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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy small-long brooch, dating 5th - 6th century. The brooch has a head-plate trefoil around a central square; meaning there is a semi-circular projection from the head and both sides of the central square. This central square is decorated with a row of stamped motifs around the head and both sides of the central square. The motifs comprise a double stamp of two concentric curved lines - incomplete crescents. On the reverse of the head plate is an incomplete single perforated hinge. There are tiny traces of iron corrosion remaining. The brooch is broken across the top of the bow and the bow, foot and pin are missing. There is also some damage to the head-plate trefoil. The copper alloy has a pale green patina. A similar small-long brooch is illustrated in MacGregor & Bolick (1995:142) with just some variation in the detail of the stamped decoration but it was a very similar trefoil head-plate. This example was excavated in Mildenhall, Suffolk and dates late 5th - 6th century. Dimensions: length: 22.97mm; width: 23.57mm; thickness: 6.64mm; weight: 5.16g. Reference: MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. 1993. A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals). British Archaeological Reports: British Series 230.
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