Copper-alloy, 19.80 grams, 90.06 mm. 5th-6th century AD. A good large example of an Anglian cruciform brooch, worn on the chest to fasten the outer garments. The trapezoidal headplate is flanked by lateral wings, decorated with opposed-chevron punchmarks on the wings and roundels on the headplate. The carinated bow is facetted at both ends. The footplate is segmented with transverse collars extending to an animal-head finial. The catchplate and spring lug are in place on the reverse. The brooch is unusual in featuring a standard zoomorphic head rather than the normal horse-head. Reference: MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, p.101 item 12.14. Very fine condition, some damage to the headplate. Provenance: from an old English collection, found East Anglia.