Record ID: WMID-709D8A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Early Medieval copper alloy saucer brooch, dating to the 6th century AD.  The brooch fragment consists of the some of the circular edging and the centre of the brooch. It is decorate with an incised pattern, which includes a circular border and swirling interlaced patterns around its centre. The reverse is plain and has the remains of part of the hinge and the catchplate. It is a dark brown / green colour with an even surface patina.  It measures: 32.2mm in length, 19.8mm in width, 3.7mm in thickness and weighs 4.9 grams. Kevin Leahy (National Fin…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-F494B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a copper-alloy fragment from a Great square-headed brooch of Early Medieval date.  The fragment consists of part of the centre of the head plate. On the reverse are two semi-circular integral attachement lugs that are parallel to each other. In between the lugs is orange corrosive material, suggesting the attachement pin was iron. The front of the plate is decorated with linear inscribed decoration, half of this decoration has crescent shaped lines, repeating within the outer line until they get smaller and then repeating again- which could repre…
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: WAW-F48AB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strip brooch dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 700-800). The object has a flat, lozengiform plate. At the upper point is an iron rivet corroded and retained in situ. At the opposing point are the remains of the catch; a tapered, integral hook with blunt end that has been bent downwards slightly. The outer face of the brooch has been decorated with sixteen spiralling diamond shapes running in a repeating diagonal pattern in rowns of four across the face and all within a flat border around the edge. The reverse of the plate is undecorated. The Pla…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-D59866
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strip brooch dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 740-840). The object has broken into two pieces in antiquity but is sub-lozenge shaped in plan. The break is across the middle of the brooch where it looks to have been folded. The edges of the brooch are chipped and the lower tip has also broken away. The face of the brooch is decorated with a geometric Greek-key type design. The reverse bears no signs of attachment. The object had a dark green patina. The brooch can be categorised as Weetch Type 31.C. The overall dimensions are as follows: 33.4mm in …
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: WAW-932ED4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy ansate brooch dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 700-1000). The brooch is sub-rectangular in plan with a sharply protruding arch in the centre. The cross-section is C-shaped with closed ends.The outer face is decorated with a ring ad dotf motif in three longitudinal rows. The reverse is  concave and has the remains of the carch plate at the foot and the lug to hold the pin at the opposing end. The pin is now missing. The object has a light green patina. This brooch can be categorised as Weetch Type X. For a comparable example see PAS record…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: WAW-347449
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Medieval brooch, possibly a great square-headed brooch (c. AD 510-570). The object is roughly oval in plan with a worn break at the upper edge. The face is domed and decorated with a cross in the centre and chip-carved motif surrounding. The motif is as follows: three concentric circles between the arms of the cross, then a band of radiating lines on either side of the lower end of the cross. Around all of this is a double border extending up to, and beyond, the worn break. The upper point of the cross also extends past the break. Aside from the cross on the cen…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: WAW-8FBB7C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy one-piece strip brooch dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 720-820). The brooch is lozenge shaped with a flat face and reverse. The chip-carved decoration on the face has been divided into lozenge-shaped quarters, with each quarter containing a quatrefoil. The top most quatrefoil has raised indents between each petal. On the reverse the spring and the majority of the pin remain intact with the very end of the pin missing. The catch is present but bent upwards to lie flush against the back of the brooch. The face has a small crack on the top right hand…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: WMID-8156C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gilded silver fragment of a cast object, possibly a bow brooch. The fragment comprises a jagged plate-like piece which slopes lightly downwards from a central ridge. The ridge is plain silver, is grooved and flares slightly at each end. The surviving areas flanking the ridge are gilded, and are decorated with a raised annulet within a ?semi-circular panel demarcated by a raised line. On the reverse is a raised rib, possibly the remains of a catch-plate, with remains of gilding. Dimensions: Length: 23.8 mm Width: 11.1 mm Thickness: 5.6 mm Weig…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
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Record ID: WAW-6FC378
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an early Early-Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch made from copper alloy. It is sub-circular and has abraded and incomplete edges. There traces of a lipped edge which is obliquely angled outwards. The front of the brooch is decorated with high-relief motifs, with a central pellet with five petals surrounding it. Surrounding the petals there is a moulded design which is possibly animal motifs that are degenerate and are spiralling around the centre. The motifs are formed by double-stranded curved blocks. These motifs are within four concentric rings which vary …
Created on: Thursday 23rd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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Record ID: WAW-6D8C42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Scandinavian) copper alloy gilded disc brooch. The brooch is circular in form and flat on the reverse, but slightly convex on the outer face. The outer face is decorated with two 'S' shaped Jellinge-style animals, arranged around a slight central boss. One beast is upright the other upside down. Each beast is a sub figure of 8 shape. Each head is very slightly different, but it appears to have a gaping mouth with a jaw placed either side of a large circular eye sitting in a raised circle forming the head. It has a short 'tendril' running from the top of its head. It ap…
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: WAW-FD7DD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch of Late Roman/Early Medieval Armbrustfibel type' and of probable Spanish origin. The brooch is simple and consist of a high, round sectioned bow marked with incised 'roped' decoration. The end of the bow is flattened with a central hole to accommodate the axial bar around which was coiled the spring. At the other end of the bow is a short catch plate. Length 48.6mm, Height 25.4mm, Bow 4.1 x 3.3mm. This bow is of the type described as a 'two piece crossbow brooch with roped decoration' (Joan Pinar Gil, 'A note on female clothing in 5th century southern Gaul' in T…
Created on: Friday 22nd February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 24th September 2019
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Record ID: WAW-722235
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval disc brooch: The copper alloy brooch is incomplete with all edges being abraded and is now oval, but was circular. The outer face being decorated with a series of low-relief ring and dot designs. The reverse of the brooch has two lugs forming an intermittent line. One lug is larger forming the catchplate which is incomplete. The other is smaller, and is incomplete and has a broken perforation, this would have formed the hinge. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete green patina otherwise it is heavily abraded. The brooch is 34.83mm long, 26mm wide, 6.89mm thi…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-602D36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (later 5th and 6th centuries) great square-headed brooch of Hines's Group XII (Hines 1997): Only a fragment of the headplate remains, and there are indications the fragment was re-used as a mount. The cast copper alloy headplate is decorated on the outer face, which has probably been chip carved and is composed of a number of borders. The headplate's inner panel is decorated with a rectangular motif composed of central four concentric rectangular outlines. The outer outline is thickened. Surrounding the thickened rectangular border is a frame of triple-strands …
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: WAW-180299
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval saucer brooch (late 5th to mid 6th century): The brooch is an incomplete circle in plan. In profile the brooch has an incomplete flange forming a lip around the edge. The reverse of the brooch has two integral lugs on opposite edges; one is perforated and is incomplete, the broken edge is recent. The other lug is the catchplate. The upper surface of the brooch has a high-relief design consisting of five spirals around a high-relief dot within a low-relief pentagon. The design is bordered by a low-relief groove, then with a plain border which meets the flange. The …
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-6999ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Early Medieval (mid 5thto mid 6thcenturies) disc brooch: The copper alloy brooch was probably originally circular but is now a sub-droplet, but now is fragmentary and has broken edges with the exception of a small portion of the edge. The breaks are not recent. In profile the brooch is flat with the outer face being decorated with a low-relief dot and annulet. The reverse of the brooch has traces of a protrusion which may be the remains of a catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a white metal coating on both surfaces; otherwise the brooch has a dark green abraded patina…
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-5B1E48
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman/ Early-Medieval (AD 400-600) penannular brooch of Fowler's Type D7: The frame is oval in plan, and oval in section. The two terminals are narrowed slightly in width, but is stepped upwards in depth. The outer face of the terminal is decorated with a linear groove running the length of the step, with two or three notches either side. The pin is longer than the frame, is wrapped around the frame, and is here flattened, as it extends across the frame is becomes circular in section, and tapers to a sharp point. The surface has an almost complete quality patina which is a light …
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2015
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Record ID: WAW-240EC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman (1st to 4th centuries) or Early Medieval (5th to 6th centuries) long brooch: The copper alloy brooch fragment is possible the foot and a short portion of the bow. The foot is a semi-circle in plan, with the apex of the edge forming the lower edge. Integral to the upper edge there is the bow protruding which is narrowed, has slightly convex sides and which flares outwards near the upper edge, forming a sub-lozenge in plan. The upper edge of the corner has another narrowed portion of the bow protruding. This portion of the bow has horizontal striations, possibly been caus…
Created on: Monday 17th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th September 2015
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Record ID: WAW-A63E97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (8th-century) copper alloy plate brooch: The incomplete brooch is a lozenge shape with one corner along the length of the brooch being broken and missing. The break is not recent. The opposite corner extends and is bent back over the outer face of the plate and terminates with a broken edge. This would have perhaps originally formed the spring or catchplate of the brooch. Again this break is not recent. The upper surface of the brooch is decorated with a border of low-relief triple-stranded zigzag design within a linear grooves. The centre of the brooch has a low relief …
Created on: Friday 24th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
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Record ID: WAW-7514A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Early Medieval disc brooch: The copper alloy brooch is was originally circular in plan, but now is incomplete and has broken edges, which are not recent. In profile the brooch is slightly curved, with the outer face being concave and the underside convex, which may be due, slightly to damage rather than intention. The outer face may be decorated with an indistinguishable design as the surface is abraded and has lost the originally patina, of which there are only traces. The reverse of the brooch has two parallel perforated lugs at one edge which forms the hinge. There is a …
Created on: Monday 15th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Record ID: WAW-4445F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (late 5th to 6th centuries) saucer brooch: The copper alloy brooch was originally circular in plan, but only c. 40% remains, and the break across the brooch is old as the patina covers the break. In profile the brooch is flat and on the reverse there is an incomplete perforated lug. The outer face of the brooch is decorated with high-relief Style I animal motifs that are degenerate and are described as 'M' shaped heads, rectilinear multiple bar blocks. These motifs surround a central ring and dot motif. The surface of the brooch has a well developed mid green/grey patin…
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
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