Record ID: LEIC-36241D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Scandinavian) Quidenham type copper alloy gilded disc brooch, 26mm in diameter, 3mm thick and weighing 8.08g. The brooch is circular in form and sub rectangular in cross section. It has a slightly dished surface and is decorated with an outer raised border, 2mm wide, which has a gilded linear recess in its centre. Inside this are two opposing 'S' shaped Jellinge-style animals arranged around a slight central boss, 2mm in diameter. 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 ei…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Sunday 1st August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-63FA58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy annular brooch of quoit type, dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period (AD 470-570). The object is circular with a broad band and a flat rectangular cross-section, and a central perforation. It retains a small rectangular pin hole, visible from the back, now blocked with iron corrosion. Opposite this is a V-shaped notch within stops formed from a sub-rectangular raised border, decorated with two incised transverse lines. The brooch is decorated with an inner and an outer repeating incised short radiating linear borders both of which respect the edges and form …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-D826B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman to Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch terminal, Length 34mm, width 7mm, thickness 3mm, weight 3.05g. The object consist of a rectangular shaped and cross sectioned terminal which has an oval? depression on one face which is filled with linear scratches, perhaps suggesting enamel or a similar substance once filled it? Beyond this there is a collar like decoration consiting of triangular depressions at each side with three linear incisions running between them. At this point the brooch shaft narrows and eventually its cross section becomes circular. The brooc…
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-E51A11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an early medieval cast gilded silver radiate-headed brooch. The fragment comprises one of the knobs originally attached to the head-plate, in the form of a stylised animal mask. It is sub-rectangular in form and semi-circular in cross section, with a hollow underside. The flat end is semi-circular, with a semi-circular hole cut out of the centre of its straight edge. Below this is the animal mask, with exaggerated raised brows that converge in a central V-shape from which protrudes a central line, which runs down the snout to terminate in a raised semi-spherical pellet. The…
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
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Record ID: WMID-0074DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gilded copper alloy cloisonne enamelled brooch of Late Anglo-Saxon dating (10th to 11th Centuries AD). The brooch is circular in shape with seven circular lobes evenly spaced around the perimeter. Each lobe contains a cicular enamel cell, of which one is turquoise, one light blue, and five navy blue. The face of the brooch is decorated with a gilded border and cloisonné enamel, with a wavy equal-armed cross design in the centre. The cross is navy blue and also decorated with a gilded border which leaves four step pyramid shaped cells, one in each quarter. The opposing c…
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-6554A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy saucer brooch, 45mm long, 35mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 12.70g. The brooch is incomplete, missing all of its raised edge and some of its flat surface. There are no original edges surviving and the breaks are all old, worn and corroded. The decoration is cast in fairly soft relief around a central circular flat boss surrounded by a concentric ridge. There are two bands of Style I decoration, separated by another concentric ridge. The inner band has three elements shaped like reversed figure-2s, alternating with two …
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-681EC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch. The upper part of the upper surface is flat and undecorated with rough edges through breakage. Below this is a raised band of semi-circular profile decorated with two transverse central incised lines. Below this are two 'eyebrows' which extend slightly outside each lateral edge. The reverse retains the remains of a catchplate. The object is in poor condition, is 31mm long, 18mm wide, 7mm thick and weighs 7.57g.
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-5B2336
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of the headplate from an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch. The upper surface has a raised rectangular central panel and a projection which may be the remains of a top knob. The bow and foot are missing. The reverse has a semi-circular single pin lug with a central hole 2mm in diameter. The object is in poor corroded condition, is 27mm long, 30mm wide, 10mm thick and weighs 12.30g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-E7A016
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late early-medieval (Scandinavian) copper alloy disc brooch, 26mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object weighs 8.35 grams and is in a fair, but worn, condition. The brooch is circular and slightly domed. It has a tinned underside which has the pin lug positioned at 12 o' clock, the catch plate opposite (6 o'clock) and a smaller lug at 4 o'clock. The pin lug is incomplete and consists of two parallel rectangular projections (2mm deep) aligned perpendicular to the edge. The smaller lug has a similar alignment, but is formed of one incomplete rectangular protrusion with a central curv…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-D016D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The tip of the footplate terminal is in the form of a flattened, sub-triangular 'snout', the surface of which is plated with a silver or tin sheet. Behind this the head broadens out with two eyes at the lateral edges connected with a lower ridge, which appear flattened from above and circular in lateral view. Behind the eyes the head narrows again to a very unusual decorative raised square plate bearing four equally-spaced small square sunken panels with the remains of inset gilding. Behind this the termina…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2012
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-D62660
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy zoomorphic terminal from an early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch of 'Klapperschmuck' (literally 'rattle-jewellery) type. The object has a great likeness to a standard early narrow cruciform-brooch horse-head terminal (c. 430 - 480 AD) but the end of the horse's nose is unusual. From above, the tip of the terminal is parallel-sided with a central and two lateral raised ribs. In side view this part of the object is circular in section and is apparently pierced transversely by a 2mm diameter hole which is still filled with soil. Behind the end of the nose is a slightly raise…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2012
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-C2C9F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The foot and part of the catchplate from an early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. The upper edge of the object is defined by an old patinated break through the upper part of the catchplate. Below this on the front are two transverse raised ribs. Below this the lower part of the object is flattened and flares out to a rectangular terminal which appears undecorated, although incomplete and corroded. The object is 32mm long, 12m wide, 7mm thick and weighs 3.24g.
Created on: Saturday 27th October 2012
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-DAF0F0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy zoomorphic footplate terminal from a small early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The tip of the terminal is in the form of a flattened, expanded, almost circular 'snout'. Behind this the head broadens out with two circular eyes in relief at the lateral edges. Behind the eyes the head narrows again with two raised transverse bands across the neck. Behind this the terminal has a rough, patinated break through an ancient repair (a circular rivet hole) with iron staining around, almost certainly from an iron rivet. No traces remain of a pin or catchplate. There is a deep holl…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: WMID-B1C4E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
By Elisabeth Okasha, University College Cork Description The object is complete. It is a circular silver disc of diameter 27-30 mm and thickness < 1 mm. Although described as a 'brooch' there is now no sign of any fitting or fastening. The disc is complete and largely undamaged although there is some discolouring on both face and back. The back of the disc is plain but contains some scratches. The face of the disc contains a central, equal-armed cross; it has a circle in the middle containing a pellet and each arm meets the circular margin on a tri-partite base. The margin is…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinckley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-CD4F45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy disc brooch, 30.5mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The brooch is in poor condition, having part of its edge missing and extensive green corrosion on the upper decorated face. The brooch is 29mm in diameter, 10mm thick (measured at the catchplate) and weighs 8.33 grams. On its reverse it has a hooked catchplate, 8mm wide and 9mm high, and on the opposite edge is a rounded lug 9mm wide and 6mm high with a central pierced hole containing iron corrosion, presumably from the pin. The brooch is decorated in the Borre style, with traces of a centr…
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-54A350
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of the bow and foot of a copper alloy brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date. The bow is flattened with a slightly convex upper surface and a small flat panel above and below. The flat panel of the foot survives, with transverse groove decoration; there is a stub of catchplate on the reverse. Old breaks. The object is 26mm long, 7mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 2.34g. Not enough survives to determine whether the brooch was of cruciform type (with a horse's head terminal) or a small-long (with another form of terminal). It dates to the mid 5th to mid 6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-C55634
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) lead alloy disc brooch of Weetch type 5. The brooch is circular in form and flat. It is decorated with concentric rings of solid lines which have intermittent raised dots. The innermost circle is formed of joining raised dots. The central section is slightly domed and is plain except for a small incised circle near the centre. The brooch has been deliberately folded over twice, perhaps prior to recycling. It is in fair condition, is 1.5mm thick, would have been 34mm in diameter when flat (now 34mm in length and 8 to 17mm wide) and weighs 15.10g. It i…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-C15632
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy brooch fragment, probably the foot of a small-long brooch. It is flat and lozengiform in shape, with a circular terminal. The front has a row of punched dots around the edge, and the reverse shows a short linear scar down the centre where the catchplate was attached. The fragment has an old break and is 33mm long, 22mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 6.08g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-501104
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch with plain bow and discoidal terminals with chip-carved decoration. Recorded from an illustration on an identification record from 1987.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-4FC5D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from an early Anglo-Saxon florid cruciform brooch foot. The brooch is decorated with chip-carved Style I animals; the hip and eyes of an animal can be seen right next to each other. There is also stamped decoration along the sides of the brooch. The stamps and some other areas of the brooch show traces of gilding but this has been lost from most of the surface. Beyond the triangular panel of Style I, the extreme end of the foot is in the form of a short rectangular panel. Recorded from an illustration on an identification record from 1992.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
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