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Description: | RB Complete knee brooch in remarkably fresh condition. Of Hattatt's type h (1987, fig.81) & Hull's corpus type 175, a native British rather than Continental form.The metal has, for the most part, a shiny brown patina, & there only a few patches of verdigris. This is probably the result of burial in a waterlogged environment. There are signs of tinning overall, except on the spring & pin. The spring (which viewed from the rear has four coils to the right of the spring & three to the left) is held in a semi-enclosed head, & the axis bar is secured by end plates. The pin projects 6mm below the catchplate. Very close to Hattatt no.1227 ("found in Norfolk"). Both share a transverse ribbed moulding below mid-point on the front of the bow. The arrangement & shape of the flat base of the foot & the horizontal catchplate on this piece is neater & more carefully finished than Hattatt's example (ibid. fig.82).Length (excluding pin) 33mm, wingspan 18mm.Second half of 2nd cent. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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