The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Sally Worrell, 2003-04-01 00:00:00
Title
Small Square-headed Brooch
Description
English: Rectangular head-plate with raised moulding, flattened on the surface. Within the moulding a single raised line follows the same outline; in the centre is a curving abstract motif. Gently arched bow with median vertical ridge. Expanded foot, tapering in slightly to missing foot-plate; within a central lozenge-shaped moulding enclosing a smaller solid lozenge. Moulded curving lines in upper quadrants follow the slightly concave edge of lozenge. Much gilding survives on upper surface. Single hinge, trace of iron corrosion. Catchplate broken.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Hampshire
Date
between 500 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 1016 Old ref: HAMP461 Filename: hamp461.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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