Record ID: HESH-F3BEB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, c. AD 420-550. The surviving fragment is sub-rectangular when viewed from the front, tapering slightly from the head to the foot. The head has all edges broken and no decoration surviving; it has a single vertical pin bar lug on the reverse which is trapezoidal when the brooch is viewed from the side. The bow is the same width as the surviving area of the headplate. It is D-shaped in side view and largely D-shaped in cross-section. At the top and bottom are short rectangular-section areas which are decorated w…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
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Record ID: HESH-42BC75
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment consisting of the bow and upper foot from a copper-alloy cruciform brooch of probable 6th century date (500-550 AD). The fragment is broadly sub-rectangular in shape, with two projecting wings (lappets) at the top of the foot making it an upside down T-shape. In cross-section the brooch is broadly sub-rectangular. The upper part of the bow is broken; this edge is unpatinated, suggesting a recent break. The head of the brooch is lost. The bow has a distinct curve to its profile; in the centre the cross-section is D-shaped, as the bow swells at the mid-ridge. There is a hint…
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2019
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Record ID: HESH-0A9B61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of cast copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably a cruciform brooch, dating to c. 450-550 AD The fragment consists of the headplate and part of the bow only. The headplate is rectangular, with a square central panel and slightly lower wings, only one of which survives in good condition. The top and one side knob survive, both much abraded. They are integrally cast with the headplate and are a low D shape in cross-section. The side knob is on the observer's right; it has a waist and a ridge below the waist. The top knob probably was originally similar. On the reverse …
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
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