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Description: | A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver-gilt great square-headed brooch (c. 410-650). Treasure case 2015 T374.This foot-plate fragment is part the inner foot-plate panel with a central lozenge shaped cell that contains a lozenge. Part of the curving footplate inner panel has zigzag edges. The rear face is flat and has the remains of a catch-plate.The front is slightly worn and the breaks are old.14.3mm (height); 12.1mm (width); 1.1mm (thickness); 5.5mm (thickness including catch-plate). Weight: 1.12g.The design is very similar to the foot-plate inner panels on a trio of brooches from Grave 45, Chessell Down, Isle of Wight (Arnold 1982: fig. 12) as well as the foot-plate inner panel on a brooch from Lakenheath, Suffolk (Hines 1997: plate 32, Group IX).Compare with 2014 T811 (addenda to 2003 T208).Arnold, C.J., 1982. The Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries on the Isle of Wight London : British Museum Press.Hines, J., 1997. A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches Woodbridge : The Boydell Press.
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