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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Hattatt's "bird in flight" type. Damaged catchplate, chain loop, bird head and generally abraded edges; enamel missing. The pin is hinged between two close set lugs behind the tail. The body, wings and tail of the bird are on a flat-based plate. A small chain loop projects from the tail, which has two enamelled cells (now discoloured and largely missing). The wings also have largely empty enamelled cells. A triangular outline rib on the centre of the body has traces of punched ?lines around it and no surviving surface. The head and neck are set perpendicular to the body, with little surviving feature except possible recessed (?enamelled) dots for the eyes. Surviving length 33mm, surviving height of plate and head 11mm. Hattatt (1987) described this type as rare, with only 5 known from Britain and fewer from the Continent - however a pair were recently recorded from Burgate, Suffolk (SF-A08525 and SF-A01500) another pair have been recorded from Pakenham (PKM 036) and single egs from Wenhaston, Charsfield and Pettistree in Suffolk, also an eg with curved wings and a definitely duck-like neck and head from Hacheston (Blagg et al, 2004, EAA 106, no.200). | Subjects: | zoomorphic bird in flight | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Plouviez, Judith | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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