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Description: | A cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon saucer brooch dating from the 5th to 6th centuries AD. The brooch has an internal pattern of five running spirals around a central ring and dot design, all enclosed within a narrow circumferential border. The brooch has an integrally cast pin hinge and catch plate, and although the pin is missing, the lump of iron corrosion on the reverse indicates that the pin was made of iron. This was common practice. The rim of the saucer brooch is angular. Originally the brooch would have been gilded, but no trace of this survives on this example.Saucer brooches are associated with females, and they have their main focus in the Upper Thames Valley area. There are several comparable examples in the Ashmolean Museum from cemeteries in Abingdon, Fairford and Berinsfield.
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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