Record ID: NMGW-7EE142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of ansate type, dating from the 8th or 9th century The brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 29.7 mm and a weight of 3.4 g). The arched bow gives the brooch a depth of 13 mm. The bow is of D-shaped section (2.8 mm thick) with straight parallel sides (7.5 mm wide). The bow is decorated with horizontal ribs, positioned at the apex of the arched bow and at the top of the leg. There is a further slight rib at the foot and there was likely to have been another rib between the head and the arched bow and a corresponding weak…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-4B6573
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Leaded copper alloy cast saucer brooch from the Early Anglo Saxon period. The brooch is circular with an angled rim defining the saucer profile. The decoration is confined to the flat plate and consists of a central device of a geometric four-pointed floral design, the interior of each petal is divided along its length. Six raised concentric circles enclose the central design. The third, fourth and fifth circles (from the centre) are interrupted by two opposing scroll based designs, likely to be stylised zoomorphs. The simpler C-like design may represent a snake, while the more elabor…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FF0EE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of Type G and of 5th to 6th century date The brooch is incomplete, missing one terminal and the pin, and has a surviving weight of 3.0g. The brooch is slightly oval with a width of 20.7mm and a height of 18.4mm. The frame is of circular section and has a diameter of between 2.9 and 3.4mm. The terminal is cuboid (6.4mm long, 6.1mm high and 3.8mm thick) with faceted sides, now rounded through water-rolling. There is the suggestion of an incised saltire cross surviving on one face of the terminal. The surface of the brooch has been lost and t…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F8DC41
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of a gilt copper alloy brooch, probably of Early Medieval date, probably Anglo Saxon. Unfortunately not enough of the brooch survives to determine the type or date, the brooch is represented by a head fragment only. The rear of the brooch has twin lugs 8mm apart. The front carries incised decoration. Three concentric circles were positioned around a central aperture. Above the engraved circles are two facing arcs, which have a linear incised line at the apex. Gilding survives inside the engraved lines. All edges apart from an arc for the central opening are broken. The…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D5B047
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy 'supporting-arm' brooch of Anglo-Saxon type, dating to the early to mid 5th century. This example is in good condition, although is somewhat corroded. It is missing the iron spring and pin, the turn of the catch and the rear of the side plates at the head. The base of the foot projects slightly and is decorated with a lateral groove, together with a series of transverse notches. The flat panel has been crudely bevelled by filing or cutting two notches either side. The bow is rounded and decorated at the base with two pairs of lateral grooves, now partially worn. The he…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-A1B4C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible terminal from a penannular brooch of Early Medieval date, and possibly dating to the 9th century. The terminal is circular with the curving broken stub of the hoop emerging at one end. Traces of gilding survive in some recessed areas. The decoration has a concentric layout consisting of a raised circle surrounded by three crescent shaped lobes, the lobe at the junction with the hoop being the widest. The lobes are interrupted by three circular recessed mouldings, possibly to house settings. The interior of the raised circle contains a decorative motif composed of two concentr…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2003
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-7DE9A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate brooch of unusual form and uncertain date, but possibly Anglo Saxon. The brooch is complete except for the missing pin and a broken lug on the reverse (from the twin lug arrangement). The face is irregular and is shaped similar to two overlapping triangles. The catch plate is positioned at the apex of the top triangle. The top edge near the lugs has an S-shaped bend, which corresponds to a thinning of the metal. The face is decorated with raised border around the edge and a central cross. Either side of the vertical rib are thin diagonal mark, which slope upwards in…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-65B987
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A middle early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of 8th- to early 9th-century date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the distorted upper bow and part of the spring only (with a surviving distorted length of 30.3mm, a surviving depth of 14.9mm and a weight of 2.5g). The circular-sectioned spring is integral to the bow and has one and a half surviving coils before the break (with a surviving width of 5.0mm and a diameter of 1.8mm). It is now unclear whether the missing chord was external or internal. The bow is of sheet copper alloy (1.0mm thick) with one surviving side, which is…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-3E31B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
The mount comprises a gold baseplate, slightly crumpled, cut to a curved tapering form with a straight wide end, to fit the recessed cell of a (now missing) gilt bronze or silver penannular or pseudo-penannular brooch. The outer face of the baseplate is decorated with a spherical blue glass bead set in a gold collar, and a pattern of S- and Z-scrolls delineated by beaded wire (filigree) and other motifs (C-scrolls with central scrolled stems) within a plain beaded wire border. To one side of the bead is a now empty rectangular collet. The overall length of the base-plate is 22.5mm;…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DD2C4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper-alloy long brooch of cruciform type and of Early Anglo-Saxon date, probably of mid-5th to mid-6th century date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete head and bow only (with a surviving length of 45.7mm, a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 12.4g). The missing spring was secured around a single pierced lug on the rear of the central panel. Traces of iron corrosion around the lug indicate that an iron spring and pin were used. The head is incomplete, missing one side knob and much of the wing with an ancient break and rounding of fractures possi…
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-193AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The silver object is a fragment of penannular brooch, one terminal and about 40% of the hoop surviving. The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded. The original h…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9AF019
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman to Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch, probably of 5th to 7th century date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and the frame is now somewhat distorted and of oval form (with an external length of 72.8mm, an external height of 62.0mm and a weight of 20.1g). The terminals separated by a large gap (of 20.5mm) and are of oval form, of sub-rectangular section (9mm long, 6.4mm & 6.8mm wide and 3.7mm thick). The terminals were simply decorated with two to three punched dots on both faces. There is no evidence for any inlay within the dots. There is the possi…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EC109A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy penannular ring, possibly a hoop from an Early Medieval penannular brooch The hoop is incomplete, missing one terminal, the pin and is distorted with a stripped surface (with a weight of 6.6g). The surviving terminal has a flattened end (1.6mm thick, 2.7mm wide and 5mm long) before a slight, rounded knop on the outside face (up to 4mm diameter and 1.2mm high). The frame is now distorted (with a width of 40.1mm and a length of 43.0mm) and is circular-sectioned (2.4mm – 3.1mm diameter) with No applied decoration. The damaged end of the hoop is differentially eroded t…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EE6FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy circular brooch of disc type and Early Anglo Saxon date, c. mid 5th to mid 6th century date The cast brooch is sub-circular and is near-complete, missing the pin and with some peripheral damage (with a diameter of 37.8mm – 40.1mm, an overall depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rear of the brooch is near-flat, slightly dished with less finishing at the centre. The missing pin was secured around a single perforated lug (9.9mm high, 8.5mm long and 2.9m thick at its base with a perforation diameter of 3.0mm). The catch-plate has broken at the cat…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A7CAD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast copper alloy brooch of Early Anglo Saxon saucer type and of 5th or 6th century AD date The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and fittings and with the rim somewhat distorted (with a maximum diameter of 48.5mm, a maximum surviving overall depth of 8.1mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rim is angled to the face (at approximately 135°, 0.5mm thick, giving a depth of 4.2mm and with a height of 3.3mm) and distorted flat against the face in one area. Inside of the rim is an angular ribbed border, inside of which is a loosely-repeating, zoomorphic chip-carved mot…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-51DC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch pin, possibly from a Late Roman or Early Medieval penannular brooch, perhaps of 4th to 6th century date The brooch frame is missing, with only the cast pin present (with an overall length of 48.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The loop (with a width of 9.2mm, an external diameter of 11.2mm and internal diameter of 7.6mm) is open at the rear (with a gap of 6.2mm). The loop is corrugated, with raised edges and a central rib (giving a thickness of 1.8mm). The pin (with a length of 38mm) is circular sectioned (2.2mm diameter) and narrows to the tip over the lower-third.…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ECC274
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of late Roman or Early Medieval date. The brooch consists of the plate, knops, catchplate and hinge missing the pin. The plate is sub-quatrefoil in plan with four integrally cast knops. The knops are slightly raised from the plate and are sub-oval in plan (4.8mm long and 2.5mm wide) with thick collars across the width forming a globular head at the top of each knop (c.2mm thick). There is no visible evidence of surface decoration on the plate, so was likely plain and undecorated apart from the knops. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorat…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1C87EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast copper alloy brooch of Early Anglo Saxon saucer type and of 5th or 6th century AD date The brooch is incomplete missing the pin and fittings and much of the rim and is a comparatively substantial example (with a maximum surviving diameter of 42.0mm, a maximum surviving depth of 7.5mm and a weight of 30.6g). Only a small part of the rim survives (30mm long, giving a depth of 7.2m and a height of 4.2mm). There is an undecorated border at the base of the rim except for the suggestion of punched dots on the inner edge of the border. Inside the border is a loosely-repe…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-1AE0C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, late Anglo-Saxon cloisonné enamelled copper alloy plate brooch of 11th century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing many of the inlays, the pin and peripheral lugs (with a length of 18.6mm a width of 24.8mm and a weight of 3.1g). The missing pin was hinged around a copper alloy axis bar on twin lugs, soldered to the back of the brooch. The remains of the loop remains on the axis bar and appears to have been of iron. The catch-plate does not survive but the basal plate, soldered to the rear of the brooch is evident. The plate has a separate sheet backing plate a…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-DA579E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The cast brooch frame is near-complete but the pin is missing and the frame is comparatively insubstantial (with an overall length of 57.6mm, an overall width of 62.2mm and a weight of 10.6g). The oval hoop (58.8mm external width) is of flattened-oval section (3.4mm wide and 1.9mm - 2.4mm thick), widening slightly as it approaches the terminals. There is no decoration evident on the hoop but there is an impact groove near the left terminal, possibly from a hammer blow. There is a slight step from the hoop to the integral terminals extending as far as an incised border, giving the impr…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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