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Description: | A worn and incomplete Early Medieval cast copper alloy small-long brooch. The head of the brooch is sub-rectangular in plan (16.6mm x 11.5mm) the sides of which are very slightly convex. There is faint evidence of a pellet border decoration around the periphery of the head. From one of the longest sides there protrudes an integral hemispherically arched bow. The front surface of the bow is raised to a central peak along its length which is facetted on both flanks, the sides of the bow are square and the reverse face is flat which creates a sub-pentagonal cross section. Attached integrally to the foot end of the bow is a shaped flat plate, this is initially sub-circular in plan and expands to a lozengiform shape. The plate section has moulded raised decoration consisting of an inset raised border. In the circular part of the plate there are two sub-circular depressions one either side of the longitudinal axis of the brooch. The lozenge shaped section has a central concentric lozenge surrounded by a raised border. The foot of the brooch is 11.6mm long and extends with a slight taper from the side of the lozenge directly opposite the bow to a small spherically knopped terminal. At the widest plate-end of the foot there is a transverse triple-collar this decoration is repeated halfway along the foot. On the reverse side of the head of the brooch there is an integral lug from which the pin would have originally hinged. This is now full of iron corrosion suggesting the pin was originally iron. The catchplate is missing and there is no evidence of fracture on the opposite side of the brooch, inferring that it was either not integral or has been worn flush by post-deposition abrasion. A gap in the iron staining suggests it was located on the sub-circular part of the plate section of the brooch. A related brooch is shown in Hattatt; A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatts Ancient Brooches (2007); p376; No.1679. Brooches of this type are generally dated to the 6th century AD.
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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