Record ID: SUR-5DF420
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval disc or saucer brooch with a central circular hole. Around the hole, and within a double-line square frame, is a cast design composed of animals in Salin's Style I. On the back are the remains of an iron spring and pin and a scar of the missing catchplate. None of the edges of the brooch appears to be original. Helen Geake comments: This could have been a cast saucer brooch: the pin fittings are so close to the edge that there could easily be some of the base missing. Its rim has either sheared off completely in the plough soil (rims are often very thin at the bre…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2009
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-70E2C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early Saxon disc brooch. The brooch is divided into two concentric fields by a pair of inscribed concentric grooves. The outer field has two concentric circles of opposed double lunate punches with a single circle of annulet punches between, each of the latter inlaid with what appears to be niello. The internal field contains four small concentric grooves around a central pit with four double circles and pits, forming a square, all within a ring of punched circles. The brooch originally had an iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-20B681
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
An early Saxon disc brooch with a central aperture. The brooch, which dates to the 5th or 6th century, has three inscribed circles and four punched pits in the centre. There are the remains of a hinge and catchplate on the back. No traces of a white metal surface coating survive.
Created on: Monday 4th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2013
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Record ID: SUR-47F8A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A diamond-shaped and slightly domed sheet metal strip brooch of Middle Saxon date (c.AD780-820). Traces of gilding survive. The brooch is well-preserved findspot, although the edges are a little 'nibbled' away with a certain amount of bright green 'bronze disease' visible. The brooch is pierced by eight rivet holes which probably held a missing pin attachment. The obtuse angles are both eroded away but the edge of one rivet hole in each of the two angles is still visible (making eight in all). The brooch is divided by plain ribbons arranged in a saltire into four diamond-shaped compar…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
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Record ID: SUR-8CF216
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy saucer brooch. No original edges survive. Part of the animal-inspired chip-carved Style I ornament is visible within a broad curving outer border. There is a mask with two eyes and a conjoined relief brow and nose and moustache, next to a leg; this combination is also found on a saucer brooch from Cassington, Oxfordshire (Dickinson 2002, fig. 11a). A raised inner border surrounds a radial relief inner zone of which very little survives.
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: SUR-742322
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
An annular copper-alloy object, 37 mm in diameter and slightly oval in cross-section. On one face the ring is decorated with three equally-spaced areas of transverse segments comprising transverse grooves, and with plain areas between. On the other face the grooves are continuous right around the circumference. The object is in good condition and is patinated dark green. This is likely to be the frame of an annular brooch dating to the 7th century AD. These frequently have alternating zones of transverse ribbing and undecorated areas and tend to be of these slender proportions. E…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2006
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2011
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Record ID: SUR-F5E3B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch of Weetch's type X.Aii, complete except for the spring and pin. The brooch tapers either side from the centre, which is the widest part (8.5mm). Arranged symmetrically there are three transverse ridges, each of which is decorated with a series of grooves. A plain transverse ridge also occurs at each terminal. The find has been treated with abrasives and now has coppery surfaces.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-F64C33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An early Saxon disc brooch; the pin is missing. Around the circumference is a series of 16 equally-spaced dots; a single dot lies in the centre. The brooch shows traces of a white metal coating. On the reverse, placed centrally, is the hinge and the remains of the catchplate.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-5E81C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The upper part of a small-long brooch, broken just below the bow. The three rounded arms are each divided from the central square by a pair and a single engraved line. On the reverse are the remains of an iron spring and pin. Early Anglo-Saxon, 6th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-791CE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A small brooch in the form of a bird, of 6th century date and probable Frankish origin. The bird has a prominent curving beak, a triangular tail and a pair of legs. A fin-like projection on its back, with seven ribs, may be intended to represent a wing. The eye is formed by a circular recess which may originally have held a stone or bead. The tail has a triangular area filled with white enamel. The front of the brooch is gilded, almost all of which survives. The tail, legs and beak are each further delineated using a grooved line. The back of the brooch is not gilded. The catch plate …
Created on: Monday 9th February 2004
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-796245
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
The head and bow from a small square-headed brooch. The bow has a central ridge with narrower parallel ridges on either side. The head plate has a raised three-sided strip which encloses a panel with raised decoration. This appears to contain two sub-oval shapes but this is unclear, apparently due too poor casting rather than wear.
Created on: Monday 9th February 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: SUR-DB66E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the bow and part of the head plate of a square-headed brooch. The bow has a prominent spinal rib and a central projection. On either side of the bow are panels containing bird-like motifs. On the slightly concave back are two projecting stubs, all that remains of the hinge.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: SUR-450DB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A brooch consisting of head plate and foot plate, connected by a rounded bow. The semi-circular head plate has three conical projections, each with extensive grooves on its face. The lozenge-shaped foot plate has a single conical extension, also with grooves. The bow also has extensive grooves on its face. On the back is the remains of an iron pin; the catchplate is only partially preserved. The grey colour of the brooch suggests a high tin content.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-7EA696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy ansate brooch of Weetch's type XII.Ai, Domburg type. It has the identical expanded terminals that characterise ansate brooches. The arched bow is D-shaped in cross-section and has an incised cross on its flat apex, with four oblique lines forming a discontinuous lozenge around it. On the slopes of the bow are four ring-and-dot motifs, one pair above and one pair below the cross. The terminals flare and are decorated with longitudinal, slightly radiating grooves. The end of each terminal has a central undecorated rectangular projection, giving the trefoil end characteris…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: SUR-9BF964
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Published
Two very worn and joining fragments of an early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) saucer brooch. The sloping rim is completely missing. The brooch has a central circular boss with a relief pentagon around it. Around this is a raised area with several (originally five) sunken ovals or ellipses. While the condition of the brooch makes certainty impossible, these ellipses are likely to represent highly devolved animal decoration, perhaps related to the 'seven running legs' type (Dickinson 1993, p. 26, figs 62-65). Around the ellipses is a double circle which forms a frame. On the back is the …
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: SUR-553F25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The head-plate of an early medieval copper-alloy brooch, of 5th or 6th century date and probably of continental origin. The brooch has a frilled or lobed outline with six small round holes on each face, each now filled with iron. The brooch has a hinge on the back and retains a fragment of a narrow bow. No other decoration is visible. Barrie Ager kndly comments: It seems most likely that the head-plate is from a continental form of radiate-headed brooch with a semi-circular head on which the five radiating knobs have become reduced to rounded lobes. A fair comparison can be draw…
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: SUR-1C82C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy saucer brooch, complete save for the missing iron pin, and with slight probable plough damage to the rim. The brooch has a central domed flat-topped circular boss with two concentric circular ridges around it. A broad field outside is infilled with geometricised zoomorphic relief decoration in Salin's Style I. A profile head can clearly be seen, looking right with open pointed jaws and a rounded brow. A triple-strand body block is behind the head, and an element which crosses this may be intended as a foreleg. There is probably a second animal …
Created on: Friday 5th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-1CB11A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper alloy cast saucer brooch dating to c. 480-570 AD. The brooch has been badly plough damaged and has a substantial tear across its middle. The brooch is otherwise complete, save for the missing iron pin. The brooch has a central domed flat-topped circular boss surrounded by two concentric circular ridges. The edge of the brooch has two further concentric ridges and a flared undecorated rim. The field between is infilled with relief zoomorphic decoration of simplified and geometricised Salin's Style I. Short groups of parallel ridges can probably be ide…
Created on: Friday 5th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-EBAB8B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval gilded copper alloy round-headed or equal-ended plate brooch. Both ends appear to be triangular and are decorated with faces. Most of the catchplate end is missing. Barrie Ager kindly comments: This is an example of an unusual equal-armed type with concave-sided, triangular arms, which has very few early Anglo-Saxon parallels as yet, although it is too early to be a continental ansate brooch. A 6th-century date does indeed seem likely on the basis of the Style I decoration. The type comes mainly from Kent, the Isle of Wight (IOW-A71E22) and Wessex and there is a v…
Created on: Sunday 20th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: SUR-AB3160
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: 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 …
Created on: Sunday 29th November 2015
Last updated: Saturday 1st April 2017
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