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Anglo-Saxon gilt copper alloy Great Square Headed brooch
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Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney, 2017-06-30 15:20:52
Title
Anglo-Saxon gilt copper alloy Great Square Headed brooch
Description
English: An Anglo-Saxon gilt copper-alloy Great Square Headed brooch, probably used around AD525-560.

The headplate is rectangular and elaborately decorated with both punched and chip carved motifs. The headplate has an outer frame decorated with a row of punched pellet-in-ring motifs. A chip-carved geometric band comprising right angled lines runs inside this. This is bounded below by another frame decorated with with a row of punched pellet-in-ring motifs. This encloses a small rectangular panel decorated with chip-carved swirls. The bow is rectangular in plan and arched in section. A thick perimeter line decorates the bow to the either side, and another runs down the centre. The two remaining rectangular panels are each decorated with chip-carved strands and curves perhaps representing animals.

The footplate is roughly leaf-shaped and highly decorated with chip-carved motifs. An outward facing bird-head runs down either side; each bird has a large, inward coiled beak. Punched pellet-in-ring motifs represent the eyes. Between the bird heads are two masks facing one another. Further animal motifs are seen in the lower left and right corners. The foot is circular and contains a mask.

Two lugs are located on the reverse of the headplate, and between them is iron corrosion. A catchplate is located on the reverse of the footplate.

The entire surface of the front has been gilded.

The brooch is complete but broken into three pieces. Each piece was found in the ploughzone close to one another.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 525 and 560
Accession number
FindID: 853217
Old ref: LIN-7AC173
Filename: LIN7AC173.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/620696
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/620696/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/853217
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current04:09, 15 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 04:09, 15 December 20187,175 × 6,761 (14.77 MB)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LIN, FindID: 853217, early medieval, page 1414, batch count 3680

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