Record ID: LON-5E4038 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LON-5E4038

An Early Medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) - Medieval copper alloy enamel cloisonné disk brooch (late 10th - 11th century). The brooch is constructed from a base-plate of copper alloy sheet with seven equidistant rounded projections; a copper alloy collar has been soldered onto this base plate and set within the collar is the cloisonné enamel pattern. The pattern is marked out by copper alloy cells and comprises a five petalled flower against a blue enamelled background. The petals of the flower are infilled with white enamel and in the centre there is a circular cell infilled with yellow enamel. On each of the projecting lobes a small collar of copper strip is soldered, each would secure a glass sphere, however none of these spheres remain. On the reverse of the base-plate are the remains of the twin lugs which would have secured the pin. The pin and catch-plate are no longer present. There are also large areas of gilding remaining on the reverse and on the collar.

Bucton (1986:8) catalogues fifteen of these brooches, they are very similar in form and decoration.

Dimensions: thickness: 5.39mm; diameter: 24.19mm; weight: 5.28g.

Reference: Buckton, D. 1986. Late 10th and 11th century cloisonné enamel brooches. In Medieval Archaeology Volume 30.

Class: Cloissone

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 950
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 5.39 mm
Weight: 5.28 g
Diameter: 24.19 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Glass [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Floral [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Epping Forest
Parish: Fyfield

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL5506
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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