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English: A lead alloy brooch, late Anglo-Saxon in date. It measures 33.6mm long, 23mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The brooch is a vertical rectangle with a relief border of radial lines over the top and possibly at the bottom, and beading or crosses along the sides. The central motif is in relief and appears to be a quadruped with its head at the left, facing the front. The animal's face is triangular and has projecting rounded ears in the two top corners. There may be an upright tail at the right. The reverse of the brooch is not decorated, but there is a faint vertical rib on the left side which may be a casting seam. There are two vertical pin lugs at the top with a bar between them. There are traces of an iron pin, but only the back of the loop behind the bar survives. At the bottom of the reverse is another lug that would have turned over as a catch plate, but this is now worn.

The whole brooch is in fair condition for lead alloy, but is slightly bent and damaged in places. The design is worn. The metal is light grey with areas of orange corrosion.

Rectangular brooches are not common in the late Anglo-Saxon period, but there are a few recorded on the database; compare LIN-5FCA06, NMS-7F7086 and LIN-B7B0C6. An example from Winchester was excavated from a late 9th- to early 10th-century context (Hinton in Biddle 1990, no. 2009). They probably derive from Carolingian-style rectangular brooches.