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Description: | Copper alloy disc brooch, Hattatt's "glass centre-boss type". Missing the centre boss, pin, damaged spring lug. The front has traces of gilding, the back has a white metal surface. Within the setting area there is a small raised rib around the centre, 3.5mm in diameter, containing iron corrosion. The lip around the setting has been damaged. The surrounding band is decorated with a ring of tiny punched triangles (c. 0.4mm wide) with the apex outwards. Diameter 22mm. Type as Hattatt no.1214 except for the punch detail. There is also a similar but slightly larger example from Lackford LKD 018.
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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