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Description: | A Romano-British enamelled copper alloy variant Headstud brooch. The wings are flat, rectangular and have a cylindrical wing case on the reverse. The case contains a hinged pin. The pin is missing. Both wing faces are decorated with a single diagonal groove running from the bottom outer corner to the top centre of the brooch. There is an incomplete suspension loop at the top.
The bow is slightly arched in profile and D-shaped in cross-section. At the very top of the bow where it meets the wings there is a narrow groove running around the perimeter. At the top of the bow is a moulded pointed oval with a hollow circular interior that would have once contained enamel. The bow face is decorated with a tapering rectangular panel containing a row of lozenges. Each lozenge is of reserved metal and contains a blue-green enamel. The fields outside the lozenges contain red enamel. The foot is circular and faces forward and appears to be decorated with blue enamel. There is a worn and incomplete catchplate on the reverse. The bow has been mishapen and bent slightly forward through damage.
The sides of the bow are very worn but clearly show there being a row of 'teeth' on both sides, making this a 'sawfish brooch', which is a variant of a headstud. | Subjects: | Headstud | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daubney, Adam - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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