A Mammen-style copper-alloy square brooch found in Leicestershire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0
Description
Mammen-Style Square Brooch (LEIC-0BFA74)
A Mammen-style copper-alloy square brooch found in Leicestershire
This small brooch features a bird depicted in the Mammen style. This style of brooch appears to have been produced in the Danelaw but, generally, Mammen-style decoration is rare in Britain. This brooch from Linwood, Lincolnshire, is paralleled by examples from West Stow Heath, Suffolk, and Bergh Apton, Norfolk, but further examples from Cambridgeshire and East Anglia were found in 2015 and 2016. It is a type which has Carolingian-inspired shapes and Scandinavian decoration. Such brooches were an accessory for women who wore Scandinavian dress.
