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Description: | Copper alloy and green glassBrooch. Cast plate comprising a central element with an oval-ended lobe projecting from it, the middle of the plate being occupied by a roundel with an upstanding wall. The roundel has four integrally cast collets of wall thickness 1.3mm, the larger (of diameter 4.8mm) set centrally, and the other three (of diameter 4mm) set equidistantly around the outer edge of the roundel on each side of the plate except the lobed one. One collet contains a damaged bead of translucent green glass, and the central collet has a smooth concave base presumably intended to receive another; the other two cells are now void. A curvilinear relief scheme of commas and pellets is carried around the collets or bosses, and the commas increase in their projecting height to form a rim for the oval ended lobe. The lower interior of this lobe bears low relief decoration comprising a rough circle subdivided by three intersecting arcs. The outer edges of the object are smoothed, suggesting heavy wear, and possibly concealing evidence for the projection of other lobes, now lost, in either a cruciform or trefoil scheme. There is no evidence for a pin or fastening, and the back of the object is also smooth. The dark brown tint of the metal and the crude definition of curvilinear decoration would both be consistent with an Anglo-Scandinavian date. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000.Length: 30.9mm, Width: 23.3mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 9.22gms.
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