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Description: | Cast copper-alloy two-piece Dolphin brooch. Large. Comma-shaped with a thick and rounded head. The bow tapers to the missing point. It has a D-shaped section with a prominent median groove on the reverse. The semi-cylindrical side-wings appear to be plain. The sprung pin which would have been housed behind the wings is missing. Traces of iron axis bar in the end of one of the wings. Much of catchplate missing. Most of smooth, mid-green patina missing. Black, sooty deposit behind head - ?mineralised organics.
L: 58 W: 3.5-34 T: 14.5 Wt: 32.44g | Subjects: | Dolphin | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Worrell, Sally - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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