Later 5th century A.D.. A bronze cruciform brooch of early type comprising: square headplate with rectangular wings and three knops modelled in the round, shallow bow with ribbed median panel, lappets to the footplate, horse-head finial with pellet eyes and nostrils, pin-lug and catch to the reverse, old collector's label '15233'; mounted on a custom-made stand. See West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, for discussion, especially fig.145, item 17. 27.2 grams, 76 mm (54.8 grams total, 92 mm including stand) (3 in. (3 5/8 in.)).

Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. [No Reserve]