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Description: | Early medieval gilded cast copper alloy brooch with remains of iron pin fastening on the reverse. Dating from the 8th century, the mount is in fair condition with some gilding, now rather flakey, still present in the crevices of the chip-carved decoration. While the brooch appears to be lozenge-shaped this is likely to be a result of damage to its edges and it it probable that it was circular. A plain cross divides the decorated face into four equal fields, each containing a panel of deeply cut, non-zoomorphic interlace. In the centre is a circular, plain area, through which is an iron rivet. There is a further iron rivet at the end of one of the arms of the cross which may have had a counterpart on the arm opposite. A hole has been drilled at the end of the arm set at 90 degrees to the line of the pin. On the back of the brooch is a transverse line of iron corrosion products indicating the presence of an iron pin. This brooch belongs to a well-known group of Middle Anglo-Saxon brooches and pins decorated with interlace. On the better examples, such as the Witham pins (Wilson, 1964, No. 19) the decoration contains zoomorphic elements but there is a strong background of lesser pieces with simple interlace decoration. It is possible that this object had a varied biography, starting out as part of a set of linked pins and later being converted into a brooch.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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