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BROOCH
Unique ID: IOW-1F2664
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy bird or duck brooch (c. 450-c. 600).
The tail-end of the bird, pin and pin-lug(s) are missing.
The brooch is irregular in plan and the bird is in the sitting or resting position with wings folded. It has a body containing shallow linear depressions. The head is characteristic of Early-Medieval bird brooches and the eye is lobed at the top and formed by a ring-and-dot motif to create cells. The beak is curved and pointing downwards. A leg is situated beneath the body. The rear face is flat and has a 'D'-shaped catch-plate which is relatively large. It measures 9.6mm in length, 6.1mm in width and 1.7mm in thickness.
This brooch has a matt greenish blue patina with off-white deposits at the front and rear. There is no surviving decorative material within the cells and no evidence of melting or burning.
Length: 22.3mm; width: 20.0mm, thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including catch-plate: 9.3mm. Weight: 4.24g.
Similar brooches have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: BERK-9B6095; BUC-0EC715; KENT-C0D077; NMS-B913D5; SF-3100F5; SF-E28B03; SUR-791CE8 and SUSS-C234F1.
Class: bird
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.3 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 4.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2016 - Sunday 20th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-2-180
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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