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Description: | Early medieval copper alloy and gold brooch terminal, 15mm long, 14mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 2.42grams. The object is incomplete and is rectangular in form and semi-circular in cross section, with a hollow underside.It begins with a semi-circular plate whose round edge forms a protruding lip. This has a semi -circular hole cut out of the centre of its straight edge. Below this the object has the form of a human face, with exaggerated raised brows which converg in the centre and run down into the raised semi-spherical pellet forming the nose. The eyes are represented by protruding pellets which are circular in form and rectangular in cross section.Below this the object is damaged, missing its left side. The lower part of the right eye is suggested by a ridge which runs from the eyebrow into the side of the nose. Below this is a ridge that runs across the width of the face and sits above another circular projection with a rectangular cross section, probably representaing a cheek. What remains of the lower edge is rounded and has just a slight lip on its underside. The whole surface has been heavily gilded.The object would have formed a terminal on a brooch, secured onto the headplate using a rod.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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