|
Date: |
|
Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. It is missing its pin and side knobs but is otherwise complete. The brooch has a small square headplate, from the top of which extends an integrally cast and full round knob. This is oval in form and section with double transverse collar at its base. On the back face of the plate is an integrally cast single, semi-circular pin lug that has the corroded remains of an iron pin, most of which is now missing due to old breaks. The integrally cast bow is curved, D-shaped in section with flat back face and moulded front face that has a vertical mid rib. At top and bottom of the bow are flat rectangular panels, each with single triangular notches to either side and single transverse grooves at top and bottom. Extending from the base of the bow is the foot, which is D-shaped in section and zoomorphic in form. The upper half of the foot has a flat panel at the juncture with the bow, with single triangular notches to either side. Beneath this the front face of the bow is faceted to give it a trapezoidal cross section. The lower half of the foot is in the form of a stylised horse head terminal with bulging circular eyes, an elongated snout that curves upwards at its rounded tip and has a prominent vertical mid rib. On the back face of the the foot is an integrally cast catchplate that is triangular in form with folded outer edge to hold in place the now missing pin. The entire object has a dark green patina and measures 61.29mm in length, 8.38mm in width at head, 6.46mm in width at bow, 4.19mm in thickness at bow, and 8.45g in weight.This is a cruciform brooch of Early Anglo-Saxon date. It finds parallels in examples with similarly small headplates and fully round knobs noted from Suffolk (e.g. West, 1998: nos. 100.8, 133.11). The form of the brooch suggests a date range early in the Anglo-Saxon period, perhaps in the late-5th century AD, c.450-500 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
An incomplete and very worn…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper-alloy cruciform brooch…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete, but small, copper-alloy…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy long…
|