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[edit]| Early Early-Medieval Small Square-Headed Brooch. | |||
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Frank Basford, Frank Basford, 2006-02-23 15:56:52 |
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Early Early-Medieval Small Square-Headed Brooch. |
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| Description |
English: Incomplete cast copper alloy gilt small square-headed brooch of Early Early-Medieval date (AD 500 – AD 550). Length 35mm, width 14.5mm and 1.5mm thick. Weight 4.16g.
The surviving portion of the brooch consists of the lower part of the bow and the foot-plate. As viewed from the side, the bow curves gently. It has a transverse break about mid-way along its length. Viewing the brooch from the front, the bow has a raised central longitudinal panel flanked on either side by a parallel groove. The panel which is 2.8mm in width continues downwards through the centre of the foot-plate to a horizontal bar. The foot-plate expands abruptly at right angles at each side of the base of the bow to form shoulders. The left hand shoulder is complete and its edge is concave in profile. However, the edge of the right hand shoulder is worn and abraded and has lost its concave profile. The lower part of the foot-plate is also concave in profile at each side. The bottom of the foot-plate, the terminal lobe, is rounded in profile. The panels and the lower part of the foot-plate, above the horizontal bar, are decorated with crude opposed beasts or masks reduced to “eyes” and linear and curvilinear in-fillings in low relief. Below the bar, within the terminal lobe, is a stylised human mask in low relief. The rear of the brooch has an incomplete catch-plate. The top of the catch-plate is level with the base of the bow. It is 7.8mm in length and has a maximum width of about 5.0mm. The curved part of the catch-plate to accommodate the pin is missing. The brooch is in fair condition. The front is almost completely covered in gilding and the rear face has some green copper alloy corrosion products. The breaks are old and there is no evidence for melting or burning. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Isle of Wight | ||
| Date | between 500 and 550 | ||
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FindID: 123649 Old ref: IOW-DD7CB8 Filename: IOW2006-23-20.JPG |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/93425 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/93425/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/123649 |
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