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LOT 1834
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Small Long Brooch
450-550 A.D.
2 3/8 in. (14.8 grams, 62 mm).
With three radiating rectangular knops on the headplate, shallow carinated bow, segmented footplate with trapezoidal foot; large catch and pin-lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Willingham, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-0A5807.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Penn, K. & Brugmann, B., EAA 119: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Burial Norwich, 2007; Martin, T., The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England Woodbridge, 2015.
Footnotes
The brooch is classified as Penn and Brugmann's SM2 type, small-long with trefoil headplate; most of its features can be paralleled from the cruciform brooch typology.
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