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Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Zoomorphic Bird Brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2017-06-14 08:56:29
Title
Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Zoomorphic Bird Brooch
Description
English: An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy zoomorphic bird brooch (c. 500-c. 550).

The pin is missing.

The brooch is in the in the form of a stylised bird in profile, with a raptor-like hooked beak, blind hole for the eye, collared neck, part of a folded wing along the back and an incomplete crescent moulding for the foot. The collar, edge of the wing, and foot are decorated with stamped annulets/pellets. The tail is slightly forked and is divided horizontally by a line of stamped annulets/pellets. The rear face has a single pin-lug at the tail end which is 'D'-shaped in profile. There is a complete 'D'-shaped catch-plate at the beak end. A corroded deposit of iron is attached to the pin-lug. The front is gilded.

Length: 24.7mm; width: 10.8mm; thickness: 2.2mm; thickness including pin-lug: 7.4mm. Weight: 2.36g.

A very similar brooch has been recorded from Bressingham, Norfolk (NMS-B913D5). Also compare with: HAMP-A0BB4E.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 500 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 852620
Old ref: IOW-055A79
Filename: IOW2017379.JPG
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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
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/618790
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/618790/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/852620
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