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Famous Moustaches of the PAS
...As seen on late 5th/early 6th century Florid Cruciform Brooches recorded on @findsorguk
The Mike Parker Pearson (NMS-354587)
brooch foot, North Norfolk
Famous Moustaches of the PAS ...As seen on late 5th/early 6th century Florid Cruciform Brooches recorded on @findsorguk
The Mike Parker Pearson (NMS-354587)
brooch foot, North Norfolk
The Heinrich Schliemann (LIN-ACD875)
This one’s something of a mystery
Possibly a cruciform foot, or a 'spangle' from a pin head, later converted or reused as a pendant.
Whatever it is…or was, the Salin Style I dates it to early C6th.
Lincolnshire
This one’s something of a mystery
Possibly a cruciform foot, or a 'spangle' from a pin head, later converted or reused as a pendant.
Whatever it is…or was, the Salin Style I dates it to early C6th.
Lincolnshire
The Julian Richards (NMS-856913)
A Fabulous complete Florid Cruciform!
With not 1 but
moustaches to choose from!
Found in 1978, but only recorded (after some FLO detective work) in 2019!
Which goes to show #ItsNeverTooLateToRecordWithPAS
Norfolk
A Fabulous complete Florid Cruciform!
With not 1 but
moustaches to choose from! Found in 1978, but only recorded (after some FLO detective work) in 2019!
Which goes to show #ItsNeverTooLateToRecordWithPAS
Norfolk
The Arthur Evans (NMS-C89482)
A beautifully detailed Florid Cruciform side knob
[no sniggering at the back, this is the correct term]
King’s Lynn, Norfolk
![The Arthur Evans (NMS-C89482)A beautifully detailed Florid Cruciform side knob[no sniggering at the back, this is the correct term]King’s Lynn, Norfolk](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ediq0RlX0AAxari.jpg "The Arthur Evans (NMS-C89482)A beautifully detailed Florid Cruciform side knob[no sniggering at the back, this is the correct term]King’s Lynn, Norfolk")
![The Arthur Evans (NMS-C89482)A beautifully detailed Florid Cruciform side knob[no sniggering at the back, this is the correct term]King’s Lynn, Norfolk](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ediq1gNWoAEhEJU.jpg "The Arthur Evans (NMS-C89482)A beautifully detailed Florid Cruciform side knob[no sniggering at the back, this is the correct term]King’s Lynn, Norfolk")
A beautifully detailed Florid Cruciform side knob
[no sniggering at the back, this is the correct term]
King’s Lynn, Norfolk
The V. Gordon Childe (SF-EF76BD)
A detachable side knob [stop it] from a Florid Cruciform
The lug visible on the reverse originally attached it to the headplate of the brooch with an iron pin
East Cambridgeshire
![The V. Gordon Childe (SF-EF76BD)A detachable side knob [stop it] from a Florid CruciformThe lug visible on the reverse originally attached it to the headplate of the brooch with an iron pinEast Cambridgeshire](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ediq-AtXkAAG0XE.png "The V. Gordon Childe (SF-EF76BD)A detachable side knob [stop it] from a Florid CruciformThe lug visible on the reverse originally attached it to the headplate of the brooch with an iron pinEast Cambridgeshire")
![The V. Gordon Childe (SF-EF76BD)A detachable side knob [stop it] from a Florid CruciformThe lug visible on the reverse originally attached it to the headplate of the brooch with an iron pinEast Cambridgeshire](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ediq_XkWkAAcNBF.jpg "The V. Gordon Childe (SF-EF76BD)A detachable side knob [stop it] from a Florid CruciformThe lug visible on the reverse originally attached it to the headplate of the brooch with an iron pinEast Cambridgeshire")
A detachable side knob [stop it] from a Florid Cruciform
The lug visible on the reverse originally attached it to the headplate of the brooch with an iron pin
East Cambridgeshire
The Mortimer Wheeler (NCL-330C32)
My personal favourite…
Another fantastically complete example of a Florid Cruciform, almost identical to one found at the Roman fort of Benwell, Newcastle, suggesting they came from the same workshop/artisan!
Ponteland, Northumberland
My personal favourite…
Another fantastically complete example of a Florid Cruciform, almost identical to one found at the Roman fort of Benwell, Newcastle, suggesting they came from the same workshop/artisan!
Ponteland, Northumberland
Of course, it would be rude to cover Cruciforms in such detail […] without a H/T to the archaeologist who’s worked so hard […] on them.
So I present:
The Toby Martin (SF-EBE5C4)
Another side knob [really, enough], with lovely haunting eyes…
mid Suffolk
![Of course, it would be rude to cover Cruciforms in such detail […] without a H/T to the archaeologist who’s worked so hard […] on them.So I present:The Toby Martin (SF-EBE5C4)Another side knob [really, enough], with lovely haunting eyes…mid Suffolk](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdirtTDXkAE2QQ4.png "Of course, it would be rude to cover Cruciforms in such detail […] without a H/T to the archaeologist who’s worked so hard […] on them.So I present:The Toby Martin (SF-EBE5C4)Another side knob [really, enough], with lovely haunting eyes…mid Suffolk")
![Of course, it would be rude to cover Cruciforms in such detail […] without a H/T to the archaeologist who’s worked so hard […] on them.So I present:The Toby Martin (SF-EBE5C4)Another side knob [really, enough], with lovely haunting eyes…mid Suffolk](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdiryT_XsAAxaKk.jpg "Of course, it would be rude to cover Cruciforms in such detail […] without a H/T to the archaeologist who’s worked so hard […] on them.So I present:The Toby Martin (SF-EBE5C4)Another side knob [really, enough], with lovely haunting eyes…mid Suffolk")
So I present:
The Toby Martin (SF-EBE5C4)
Another side knob [really, enough], with lovely haunting eyes…
mid Suffolk
And one more...
Certainly a famous archaeologist, & the most important one in our lives... but unfortunately no moustache!
(consider it @Tostig1066?)
So we've gone instead for early medieval button brooch (c.AD475-550)
The Michael Lewis (NARC-C8A442)
Milton Keynes
Certainly a famous archaeologist, & the most important one in our lives... but unfortunately no moustache!
(consider it @Tostig1066?)
So we've gone instead for early medieval button brooch (c.AD475-550)
The Michael Lewis (NARC-C8A442)
Milton Keynes
