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Description: | Lozenge shaped brooch, cast in one piece except for pin. When orienting the brooch with catch plate facing downwards, the central plate is transverse to the pin, it is formed of two triangular cells with moulded raised borders which expand to form small side knops (one either side), the cells are divided by a central longitudinal panel roughly rectangular with slightly flaring ends. The panel is decorated by two deep parallel grooves, and 2 lines of multiple incised dashes also running vertically up/down the panel. At the top and bottom of the panel are moulded knobs or terminals each consisting of 3 features, nearest the lozenge 'body' of the brooch is a rectangular section, half-circle in section, the long sides of the rectangle face outwards and are concave,. This section is followed on each knob by a globule and finally a splayed foot at the outer edge. The reverse of the plate is flat with a small central indentation, the top and bottom terminal knobs are stepped towards the viewer when the brooch is placed face down. The entire length of the reverse of one knob expands into an integral catch plate with a left facing curl. The back of the concave rectangle on the knob without the catch plate has an integrally cast double pin-bar-lug. The pin is extant and circular in section except where it has bee flattened to fit between the pin-bar-lugs. The pin shows more evidence of corrosion that the rest of the brooch being a dark black/brown colour, where the rest of the brooch is a mid-green colour. The brooch is similar to Hattatt IARB no. 579 except that the side knops are more globular and are undecorated, and the central lozenge is raised and on a transverse line.
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