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Description: | A cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. It is trefoil headed, with notched lobes on all three sides of the head-plate. There is a narrow groove and ridge defining the edge of the head-plate, but no other decoration. the remains of a pin loop can be determined on the reverse in a mass of corrosion material. The bow is curved and hemispherical, with a central longitudinal ridge, and further pairs of grooves and ridges occuring at the top and bottom of the bow. The flat plate below is rectangular, and has the remains of a catchplate projecting at right angles from the back. The foot has transverse line moulding with two collars and tapers to a triangular terminal, the sides of which are chamfered. The brooch measures 65.13mm in length, 23.32mm in width across the head, 8.26mm across the bow tapering to 5.6mm across the foot and 15.49mm in width across the base terminal. It weighs 10.26g.
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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