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Description: | A cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon gilded button brooch, dating from the mid 5th to 6th century AD. The brooch is circular in plan with raised edges and with moulded anthropomorphic face-mask decoration. The mask comprises the head with three vertical lines arranged centrally above the brow to indicate hair; the nose is represented by a thin line that expands towards the base. The cheeks are rounded and the eyes are small and almond-shaped. The mouth is formed of a long straight line above a shorter line. Surrounding the face-mask is a border of rope-like design. The reverse of the brooch retains the pin hinge lug and most of the catchplate. Although most of the gilding has worn off there are traces visible on the front of the brooch. MacGregor & Bolick (1993) illustrates similar examples (nos 3.6 and 3.7), the latter example from Abingdon bearing closest similarity to the one recorded here.
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