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Description: | Cast copper alloy disc brooch dating from the Late Saxon period, that is the 9th-10th century AD. It was made from cast copper alloy and shows a central collet which probably contained an opaque red pellet, apparently glass, surrounded by seven round blind-drilled holes or pits within a rocker-arm engraved border. the central glass setting is cracked and broken and only the base remains in the setting. On the reverse, a pair of parallel grooves runs between a single transverse pin lug, with some staining from a missing iron pin, and a transverse catchplate.In the entry for an almost identical brooch, NMS-2F2185, it is suggested that this piece is of Continental manufacture and is very close to an example from Balhorn near Paderborn, Germany, which has only five pits (Eggenstein et al. 2008. 290-1, Kat. Nr. 147.8). The type also occurs in Friesland. J. M. Bos (2007/8, 712, Fig. 4a) has classified it as Group 2.3, with "a central cloison", sub-group 2.3.1. with "hubcap-like designs", type 2.3.1.9 with "seven dimples within a scratched circle".NB The FLO has not seen this find. Images and findspot information were kindly provided by the finder.
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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