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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) button brooch of 5th-6th century date. This brooch is incomplete in as much as the pin is missing and there is some damage to the outer edge of the brooch's rim. The brooch is circular in plan, with a raised exterior rim at c. 45 degrees. In the centre of the brooch within a raised but otherwise blank border zone, is an anthropomorphic face of Suzuki Series 1 type. The helmet is rounded with a medial line running to above the eyebrow line; the face itself has a flat eyebrow line / ridge, a 'T-shaped' flaring nose and oval eyes with oval cheek lines and an oval mouth, appearing slightly down-turned. The reverse of the brooch is flat and had the remains of the catchplate and the pin hinge lugs; the iron pin is missing although there is a little iron corrosion around the pin hinge. The brooch retains some gilding on the upper surface.Button brooches are distinguished by their small size and by the often individualised anthropomorphic face-masks which they feature. They may have been used in different ways as dress fasteners, either singly or in pairs, like the similar but larger saucer brooches (Avent and Evison 1982: 101). Button brooches are found throughout much of southern England and date between the later fifth and mid-sixth centuries.
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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