Broochpin

Brooches and Pins

Composition	The pin was normally iron, the plate iron or bronze, sometimes gilded. Rarer brooches were made in precious metals. The ornament was acheived by casting, engraving or inlaying, with casting being the most common method.
Types	Long brooches: Square-headed Cruciform - popular in Anglian areas Radiate-headed - characteristic of Kent Small-long	Circular brooches: Disc-shaped Saucer - more popular in Saxon areas Applied Button Annular - favoured by Northumbrian Anglians Penannular Quoit - only worn south of the Thames
	Equal Armed brooches - probably only worn by immigrant settlers and not manufactured in England Bird shaped brooches - mostly confined to Kent
Language	Dalc (pronounced 'dalk') - a clasp, perhaps a brooch buckle or pin Spennels - a clasp, perhaps a brooch

Some Examples
Two gilt-bronze saucer brooches (5th/6th century) British Museum	Square-headed brooch of gilded bronze with stylised animals and heads, from Kenninghall, Norfolk (6th century) British Museum	Gilt-bronze applied brooch, from Kempston, Bedfordshire (6th century) British Museum
Remains of an equal-armed brooch (common in Germany - rare in England), from Spong Hill, North Elmham, Norfolk. Norwich Castle Museum		Small-long brooch (8cm x 2.5cm) (5th/6th century) Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Nigel Mills
Radiate-headed gilded brooch with 4 garnets (9cm x 4cm) (6th century - continental Europe and Kent) Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Nigel Mills	Cruciform brooch (11cm x 6cm) (6th century) Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Nigel Mills	Gilt-bronze button brooch with facemask (1.5cm diameter) (5th/6th century) Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Nigel Mills
		Bronze annular brooch (4.5cm external diameter, 3cm internal diameter) (5th century, popular throughout the Medieval period) Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Nigel Mills