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Collection Item: Brooch

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Brooch
Object category
Anglian
Description
A cruciform brooch with a square heads and incicsed knops centered on the edges. The arm has a birds head on either side just below the bow, followed by two bands, a pair of raised dots and terminating in a shovel foot with circles on either side. One of the knops from the head is now missing.
Production date start
501
Production date end
600
Period
Anglian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1947.227
Alternative number
227.47
Number of objects
1
ID
22

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Copper alloy (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole length 14.1 cm
Head length 3.1 cm
Head width 4.9 cm
Head thickness 0.3 cm
Arm length 10.1 cm
Amr width 2.7 cm
Arm thickness 0.3 cm

Find spot

Method
Archaeological excavation
Place
Driffield

Production

Technique
Cast