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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy gilt button brooch (c. 450-c. 550). No direct analogy found. However, compare with Suzuki 2008: plate 177, type I, 2.1.The pin, pin mechanism and rim are missing.The rim would probably have been upturned and flaring at an angle of about 45°. At the centre is a chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask. The helmet or hair is represented by a horizontal groove with two vertical grooves above. The nose and eyebrows are formed of one element and the eyes are comma-shaped with flanking cheeks. The mouth is in the form of a downturned groove.At the rear there is an incomplete single pin-lug and a catch-plate. With the mask upright, the pin-lug and catch-plate are at angle of 90°.This brooch is corroded and in a fragile condition. The front is gilded and the rear face is largely covered with corroded iron.Length: 15.5mm; width: 12.7mm; thickness: 7.0mm. Weight: 1.88g.Button brooches are distinguished by their small size and by the anthropomorphic face-masks which they feature. They may have been used in different ways as dress fasteners. It is thought that they may have been used singly rather than in pairs like the similar but larger saucer brooches. Button brooches are found throughout much of southern England and date between the later fifth and mid-sixth centuries.Suzuki, S. 2008. Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches. Typology, Genealogy, Chronolgy. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
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