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Description: | A small brooch in the form of a bird. The bird has a prominent curving beak, a triangular tail and a pair of legs. A fin-like projection on its back, with seven ribs, may be intended to represent a wing. The eye is formed by a circular recess which may originally have held a stone or bead. The tail has a triangular area filled with white enamel. The front of the brooch is gilded, almost all of which survives. The tail, legs and beak are each further delineated using a grooved line. The back of the brooch is not gilded. The catch plate and hinge are both present along with the remains of an iron pin. | Subjects: | Bird Frankish | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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