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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy and gilded button brooch (c. 500 - c. 550). Suzuki Class A2.2.Suzuki 2008: Plate 31 (Bifrons).This brooch is circular in plan and some of the upturned rim is missing. The pin is also missing.The upper surface of the brooch has a border which has been punched with unevenly spaced 'dots' or pellets. Within the border is a central chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask. The 'helmet' (or possibly hair) is a semi-circular shape. The eyebrows and nose are formed of a single element and the eyebrows are horizontal and the nose is a sub-triangular shape. Both eyes are portrayed as pellets and the cheeks are sub-triangular. The horizontal mouth is pointed-oval. The rear surface is slightly convex. At the rear there is a single pin-lug and a catch-plate which are both incomplete. There is no iron staining at the rear. With the mask upright, the pin-lug is at 12 o' clock and the catch-plate is at 6 o' clock.This brooch is corroded in places and has a matt green patina at the rear. Gilding is present at the front. There is no indication of burning or melting.Diameter: 15.13mm; thickness of plate at the centre: 1.55mm; overall thickness: 6.03mm. Weight: 2.25g.Button brooches are distinguished by their small size and by the anthropomorphic face-masks which they feature. They may have been used in different ways as dress fasteners. It is thought that they may have been used singly rather than in pairs like the similar but larger saucer brooches. Button brooches are found throughout much of southern England and date between the later fifth and mid-sixth centuries.Compare this brooch with find: IOW8DF476.
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