Gilt copper-alloy, 14.39 grams, 24.04 mm. 7th-8th century AD. A finely detailed plate brooch comprising a billeted flange and hemispherical boss with six running scroll motifs executed in three-line bands. The brooch is surmounted by a hexafoil plate with central knop, fixed with a stud passing down the centre of the boss and peined onto the underside. On the reverse the hinge and catchplate are present. The running scroll design is typical of Irish metalwork of the 6th-9th century and the brooch's overall profile is similar to the Steeple Bumpstead (Essex) decorative boss, of 8th century date. Reference: Youngs, S. (ed.) The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989 items 140, 183, 189. Very fine condition, much gilding remaining. Provenance: found Leicestershire, England in the 1930's.