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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Great Square-headed brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. Only one corner of the headplate survives intact, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The surviving fragment is roughly triangular in form, terminating on all sides in old breaks, corrosive products and bubbling of the metal on the back face in particular suggesting it may have been burnt or exposed to high termperatures. On the front face there is chip carved decoration and traces of gilding. This comprises the possible remains of a rectangular panel at the centre of the headplate, which is surrounded by a worn rectangular band of Style I decoration with a zoomorphic (bird?) head or eye and possible beak, as well as probable elements of zoomorphic bodies. This is all retained within a rectangular border that the centre of the fragment. Surrounding the border and extending to the outer edges of the headplate is further chip carved Style I decoration including zoomorphic eyes and head at top, a leg or claw to left and possible further body elements surrounding , their precise form uncertain due to the preservation of the object. At the top left hand(?) corner of the headplate is what appears to be the remains of a square panel that perhaps also retains chip carved decoration. Gilding is visible in parts of the more deeply chip carved elements, although most is missing due to worn surfaces and corrosive products. The back face is flat and undecorated. It measures 31.36mm in length, 35.38mm in width, 2.62mm in thickness, and 6.08g in weight. This appears to be a fragment from the headplate of an Anglo-Saxon Great Square-headed brooch. The form and chip carved decoration suggest a probable 6th century AD date for the fragment, perhaps c.475-600 AD.
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