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Lot Essay
This brooch falls into Group 4 within Martin's typology and is an addition to the known distribution of cruciform brooches along the Peddars Way Roman road, cf. T. F. Martin, The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England, Woodbridge, 2015, figs 31 and 34.
The production of cruciform brooches in Great Britain was heavily influenced by Scandinavian models starting from the 5th Century. Anglo-Saxon jewellers adopted this design and added distinctive local traits, such as larger flat surfaces which could be decorated with masks and animal motifs.
Square-headed brooches were in part contemporary with cruciform types and were probably imported from the Rhineland towards the end of the 5th Century. For a concise study of these two types of Anglo-Saxon brooches, cf. R. Jessup, Anglo-Saxon Jewellery, Aylesbury, 1974 , pp. 38-39.
The production of cruciform brooches in Great Britain was heavily influenced by Scandinavian models starting from the 5th Century. Anglo-Saxon jewellers adopted this design and added distinctive local traits, such as larger flat surfaces which could be decorated with masks and animal motifs.
Square-headed brooches were in part contemporary with cruciform types and were probably imported from the Rhineland towards the end of the 5th Century. For a concise study of these two types of Anglo-Saxon brooches, cf. R. Jessup, Anglo-Saxon Jewellery, Aylesbury, 1974 , pp. 38-39.