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Description: | Cast copper alloy part of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, dating to the 5-6th centuries.It is the lower part of the brooch with just the bow and top of the foot remaining, the head and bottom of the foot missing. The bow is humped and facetted, being hollow on the reverse. The upper part of the foot has a flat rectangular panel with a lappet on each side. The panel is decorated with a vertical row of five ring-and-dot motifs on each side. The left-hand lappet is slight larger than the right-hand one. They are sub-rectangular with a rounded upper corner. Their decoration has been cast integrally and is in an abstract form.Below the flat panel are two raised half-round panels leading into what would have been a horse-head terminal. The round eyes, on either edge of the foot can just be seen but the rest has broken off. This section of the foot is slightly domed and hollow on the reverse.The catchplate is broken but part remains and it is behind the flat panel.
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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