Record ID: HAMP-EAAC20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early early-medieval (Anglo Saxon, c.AD 450-600) copper alloy small-long brooch, missing its (iron) spring mechanism and the curl of the catchplate. The head-plate (26.1mm wide and 1.9mm thick) is trefoil in shape with crescentic arms, the two smaller side-arms have a central nick in the outer edge while the larger arm reaches a slight point at its centre. The head is decorated with two horizontal lines of five punched ring-and-dot motifs (from side-arm to side-arm and across the larger arm), with a single ring-and-dot motif between the two lines at the centre of the he…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-EA14EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Saxon small long brooch dating to the period c. AD 480 - 530. Cross potent headplate terminating in an old break along the bottom edge. Each arm of the cross exhibits two rows of opposed crescents separated by a pair of grooves. The central rectangular panel is bordered on either side by a vertical line of opposed crescents. On the reverse is a single pin lug within the corroded remains of the iron spring.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E68380
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon key with Scandinavian influenced openwork interlace decoration dating to the period c. AD 900 - 1100. Now broken into two refitting halves. The bow is asymmetical with an openwork design, the details now heavily worn, with a large loop projecting from the top and two smaller loops projecting from either side, one of which is incomplete due to old breaks. A moulded collar sites at the junction between bow and stem, terminating in an old break. Length: 40.5mm, 30.mm maximum width, 8.5mm minimum width, 7mm maximum thickness, 1.5mm minimum thickness, weight: 13.3g. The shan…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E4E3C6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy late Saxon decorated strap end. Probably Thomas class E; originally tongue-shaped but broken at the upper end where it bifurcates to take the strap, and at the lower end in a transverse break before the tongue-shaped terminal. Extant on the edge of the upper break is the curved intrusion of a partial rivet hole. High-relief scrolls and curving geometric patterns on the front face with possible remains of niello within. Circa AD800-1000.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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