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Description: | A copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment. It consists of the foot only, with the horse's head terminal, and part of the catchplate behind, the rest of the brooch missing due to old breaks. The incomplete upper terminal turns at right angles, forming the base of the bow. Beneath this the flat panel is decorated with horizontal grooved lines against which are set five tiny egg and dart motifs. Two further lines of three egg and dart motifs run vertically to meet the two raised ribs of the half-round panel, forming a collar above the horse head terminal. Two deep brow furrows meet and continue to form the ridge of the horse's muzzle which terminates with the nostrils. The eyes are raised, and rounded at the top. The nostrils are egg-shaped and separated by grooves from the base of the foot. There is no spatualte extension at the terminal.The brooch measures 44.35mm in length, 11.95mm in width and weighs 9.47g. A brooch with a similar foot is illustrated in West 1998 (fig 51, 4) from Icklingham, Suffolk. This type of brooch dates to the fifth-sixth centuries AD.
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