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Description: | Cast copper-alloy composite plate brooch. Symmetrical, with open loop at top and two rounded knops down either side; one of which is missing. The catchplate is behind a larger circular knop which contains an enamel cell, the colour of which is unknown. Open-work decoration divides the brooch into two field; the upper field is kidney-shaped, the lower is pelta-shaped. There is elaborate millefiori enamelling in the upper area which may consist of red, yellow and blue canes between ?purple. The pin, which is hinged to two lugs with an iron axis, is missing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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