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Cast saucer brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Mark Lodwick, 2003-04-01 00:00:00
Title
Cast saucer brooch
Description
English: 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 elaborate motif is likely to represent stylised beasts which are difficult to discern. The reverse has the remnants of the catch plate and pin housing, but both have eroded. An area of the rim has been lost, elsewhere the brooch is in good condition.

Quatrefoil flower-like designs are found in the centre of other saucer brooches, e.g. the pair from Market Overton (Dickinson 1993, fig. 27).

Depicted place (County of findspot) West Berkshire
Date between 450 and 600
Accession number
FindID: 30916
Old ref: NMGW-4B6573
Filename: Dscn0946.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/4665
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/4665/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/30916
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Object location51° 23′ 26.88″ N, 1° 19′ 42.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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