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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-85A2A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The central decorative element from a circular enamelled brooch of late 10th to 11th century date (Saunderton type). The circular component is divided into a scrolling cruciform pattern with separate cells of red, blue and white glass made using a cloisonne technique set into a backing plate with integral raised sides. The rest of the brooch, catchplate and pin are missing. The brooch may have been gilded but there is no trace of gilding on this fragment.
Notes:
SUR-E2A8E7, SUSS-02A267 and SUSS-577951 have a similar decorative design.
Class:
cloisonné enamelled (Weetch Type 20)
Sub class: uncertain
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 975
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.56 mm
Weight: 1.84 g
Diameter: 18.08 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B14-420
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Crowmarsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6085
Four figure Latitude: 51.56069738
Four figure longitude: -1.13586742
1:25K map: SU6085
1:10K map: SU68NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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