Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy disc brooch, 30.5mm in diameter and 3mm thick, with a weight of 8.73grams. The brooch is in fair, but worn condition, having part of its edge missing. It has a dark green patina with patches of green corrosion. The brooch has small traces of silvering on both surfaces. On its reverse it has a hooked catchplate, 10mm wide and 9mm high, aligned parallel with the edge. There is also a circular patch of yellowish corrosion where the lug, now missing, was attached.
The brooch is decorated in the Borre style, and although worn can be matched to the East Anglian type II. It consists of a central recessed circle with a raised border set inside a concave sided lozenge shaped raised border. The spaces between the circle and the lozenge form four triangles and within each is a small circular pellet, due to the brooches condition this only clear in one corner. The corners of the lozenge extend to form double stranded interlace, which is loosley knotted and terminates in a curved tendril. This is contained with a narrow raised border forming the brooches edge.
The brooch is a clear example of an Anglo-Scandinavian brooch with Scandinavian decoration and Insular fittings. For discussion of these brooches (including this example) see Kershaw, J.F, 2013, p.56-65.
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy disc brooch, 30.5mm in diameter and 3mm thick, with a weight of 8.73grams. The brooch is in fair, but worn condition, having part of its edge missing. It has a dark green patina with patches of green corrosion. The brooch has small traces of silvering on both surfaces. On its reverse it has a hooked catchplate, 10mm wide and 9mm high, aligned parallel with the edge. There is also a circular patch of yellowish corrosion where the lug, now missing, was attached.
The brooch is decorated in the Borre style, and although worn can be matched to the East Anglian type II. It consists of a central recessed circle with a raised border set inside a concave sided lozenge shaped raised border. The spaces between the circle and the lozenge form four triangles and within each is a small circular pellet, due to the brooches condition this only clear in one corner. The corners of the lozenge extend to form double stranded interlace, which is loosley knotted and terminates in a curved tendril. This is contained with a narrow raised border forming the brooches edge.
The brooch is a clear example of an Anglo-Scandinavian brooch with Scandinavian decoration and Insular fittings. For discussion of these brooches (including this example) see Kershaw, J.F, 2013, p.56-65.
A RDF representation of LEIC-782CD2
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LEIC-782CD2
LEIC-782CD2
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Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Silver
Secondary material of object
Incomplete
30.5
Diameter
2.
Thickness
8.73
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
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0900
1000
Method of manufacture
Classification of object