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Description: | Copper alloy T-shape brooch. Straight wings decorated with three incised transverse lines at each terminal. Hinge in the centre of the wings, to which a curved copper alloy pin is attached. The curved bow tapers to the foot. The upper part of the bow is decorated with a raised section running along either edge just below the junction with the wings; each of these sections is decorated with a series if incised transverse lines. The front of the bow is decorated with three lozenge-shaped cells, inlaid with enamel. The upper and lower cells contain light green enamel, whilst the middle cell has red enamel. The foot terminal has a small forward projecting knop decorated with incised lines. T-shape brooches date to the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. | Subjects: | T-shape | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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