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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval (late Saxon) gilded copper alloy cloisonné disc brooch, dating from AD 950-1150.The brooch is circular in form with a rectangular cross section. It has the worn or broken remains of six or possibly seven circular 'lobes' projecting from a lipped outer edge. Within one of these lobes, a small domed fragment of blue glass remains intact. The other lobes are either incomplete or nearly completely missing. The front of the brooch is contained by a raised circular frame. This contains a design formed by eight C-shaped strips of copper alloy arranged around the edge of the brooch; all except one is of a similar size, with the eighth strip smaller and squeezed into an additional gap in the pattern. Each semi-circular field is filled with dark blue glass, some of which has been chipped. One entire C-shaped strip is missing and some of the intact cells are completely full of dark blue glass, with further cells' glass only partially intact. In the centre is a further 'star' shaped field of paler blue glass, which is discoloured by corrosion product; in the centre of this is a circlular cell, which probably held further glass or enamelled decoration, now missing.There are traces of possible gilding or higher copper-alloy patina all over the surface of the brooch. The reverse retains part of the soldered-on rectangular copper-alloy plate for the pin mechanism and a D-shaped looped catchplate, which would have held the pin, but the pin itself is missing. This brooch measures approximately 26 mm in diameter (with lobes), 18.1 mm diameter (circular plate only), 4.7 mm thick (without catchplate) and weighs 4.24 grams.The brooch matches other six lobed examples LON-7E72B7, NLM-857195 and LEIC-65A9C2.Such brooches are found in Eastern England and Denmark, where some have been dated to the late 11th C. Buckton, D. 1989 Medieval Archaeology.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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