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Description: | An incomplete gilded copper alloy cloisonne enamelled brooch, of Late Anglo-Saxon dating (10th to 11th Centuries AD).This brooch is circular in shape with seven evenly spaced circular edge projections or lobes. Each lobe contains a circular enamel cell, a couple are now incomplete. The face of the brooch is decorated with cloisonné enamel. The design is of a central light blue square with concave sides, which is bordered by curved bands of translucent dark blue enamel. On the outside of the four bands are four semi-circular areas of white enamel. Air bubbles are present in some of the pieces of enamel. The back face is flat and has an incomplete catch plate and an incomplete pin loop. Both the front and reverse metal has been gilded.The brooch has a diameter of 25.5 mm and is 7.4 mm thick. It weighs 5.7 g.This brooch is similar in style to an example from Bramford, Suffolk, which is also circular with seven projecting edge lobes and cloisonne enamelling although it is arranged in a different geometric pattern (West 1998, 11, 126, fig 10, no 13). A couple of similar cloisonne brooches have been recorded on the PAS database, including SWYOR-4834F1 and SF-0D8DC2.
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