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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-AB3160
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An Early Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy cloisonne brooch with a gilded frame. The external frame is roughly octagonal and comprises a series of four scrolling trilobate leaf-like forms which alternate with four projecting collets which contain white glass domes, two of which are missing. On the back are the broken hinge and catchplate and a possible broken attachment loop. Centrally is a circular setting formed from a strip of metal. This setting contains a human bust formed from twenty separate glass elements (dark blue, light blue, turquoise, yellow, white and possibly red). The face is made from white glass and has a simple nose, a downturned mouth (possibly red glass), projecting ears and large blue eyes. The bust wears a crown or diadem which comprises a inverted V shape with yellow circles on the edges and the apex. The field comprises eight separate blue glass elements.
Brooches of this general construction and date are very well known and usually display some form of cross or floral motif. Buckton (1986) refers to an example from Hilton, Cambs., on which is a similar bust (identified as Medusa).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch
Class:
cloisonné enamelled (Weetch Type 20)
Sub class: other (Weetch Type 20 other)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 950
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.13 mm
Width: 39.73 mm
Weight: 14.36 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 15-1328
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
Parish or ward: Effingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1152
Four figure Latitude: 51.25636951
Four figure longitude: -0.41072241
1:25K map: TQ1152
1:10K map: TQ15SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckton, D. | 1986 | Late 10th and 11th-century cloisonne enamel brooches |
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