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Description: | Incomplete and heavily worn cast copper-alloy probable brooch of later Early Medieval date, c.850-950. The brooch is lozengiform in plan & is openwork in design, being of Borre style. The design consists of four open circles (2 still complete) with a raised X of uncertain design (possibly floral or zoomorphic) separating them with a raised pellet at the centre. The terminals of the X each carry a design consisting of 3 lobes, possibly animal heads or leaves. Of the 2 surviving corners, one has a trace of a fitting on the reverse which would be consistent with this being a brooch. The upper surface also has slight traces of degraded gilding.For a well preserved complete example please see this on-line publication, 'Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian & Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches' by Jane F Kershaw:http://www.academia.edu/315585/Culture_and_Gender_In_the_Danelaw_Scandinavian_and_Anglo-Scandinavian_Brooches pp. 313-314
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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