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Description: | Only the bow of the brooch remains. The upper and lower edges of the bow have not been broken recently. The bow is a 'C' shape in profile. The outer edge of the bow is decorated with three vertical ridges, one in the centre, and the others at the side edges. A small amount of the foot plate remains, forming a sub-triangular shape below the bow, the tip of the sub-triangular shape is the lower edge. This footplate has a central vertical ridge with two fine linear grooves as decoration. Both of the side edges is decorated with a curvilinear groove and radiate lines. On the reverse of the footplate there is a fragment of the catchplate remaining. On the outer surface gilding is visible. The reverse has a well developed dark green patina. | Subjects: | 'Long Brooch' | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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