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LOT 0330
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Applied Disc Brooch
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (16.9 grams, 48 mm).
Discoid in plan with pin-lug, chord, pin and catch to the reverse; applied rim secured by four domed rivets; low-relief hexafoil motif with interstitial ring-and-dot motifs, segmented border.
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 1.14, 1.18, 1.39.
FootnotesApplied brooches are a recognised form of early Anglo-Saxon costume, associated mostly with Saxon areas such as Sussex and the Thames valley. The majority of such brooches are made up from a plain backplate with the pin and catch attached, and a thin front plate with repoussé ornament. The present example appears to be formed as a decorative body with an applied rim; there is evidence for this construction technique in the form of two unassociated rims from a grave at Fairford (Gloucestershire) (MacGregor & Bolick, item 1.39).
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