Copper-alloy, 12.08 grams, 59.63 mm. 5th-6th century AD. A neatly made form of cruciform brooch. The trapezoidal headplate is flanked by two lateral plates with tiny knobbed extensions, and a conical collared knob emerges from the upper edge of the headplate. The plates are decorated with punched concentric semicircles. The facetted bow extends into a lozengiform footplate with animal-head terminal. This brooch is curious in combining the segmented headplate of the cruciform brooch with the lozengiform footplate of the small-long brooch; the presence of the cruciform’s knobs points to an origin in that class. Reference: MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, p.99 item 12.10 and cf. p.127 item 15.8. Very fine condition.