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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1907.29.5 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name brooch, square headed brooch Description gilded copper alloy Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch, missing bottom lobe. The head of the brooch is decorated with entwined lines, resembling vines or rope, and gilding at two corners. The foot of the brooch is also decorated with a similar entwined vine or rope pattern. On the reverse, part of the pin attachment remains, and there is shiny residue suggesting that the brooch has been reconstructed from two parts. Production date 0500 - 0650 Production period Anglo-Saxon, 6th Century Material copper Technique casting, gilding Dimensions width: 65.00 mm length: 113.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1907.29.5
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

brooch, square headed brooch
Description

gilded copper alloy Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch, missing bottom lobe. The head of the brooch is decorated with entwined lines, resembling vines or rope, and gilding at two corners. The foot of the brooch is also decorated with a similar entwined vine or rope pattern. On the reverse, part of the pin attachment remains, and there is shiny residue suggesting that the brooch has been reconstructed from two parts.
Production date

0500 - 0650
Production period

Anglo-Saxon, 6th Century
Material

copper
Technique

casting, gilding
Dimensions

Details