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Description: | Copper-alloy small-long brooch, complete apart from the two side knobs. The headplate is basically rectangular, although to either side of each knob the edges are slightly concave. The only decoration consists of neatly made grooves at the base of each knob; there are four at the base of the surviving top knob, which is semi-circular. Both side knobs are missing (worn breaks), probably due to the grooves forming a weak point. On the reverse of the headplate is a single pin lug with extensive remains of the iron bar and spring. The bow has a flat panel at the top and bottom; the top one is undecorated but the bottom one has two transverse grooves above a pair of side nicks. The foot begins with a flat panel with three transverse grooves, then has a panel with bevelled edges, then a D-section panel with two transverse grooves, a concave moulding and a lower transverse groove. On the reverse of the foot is a catchplate, now worn. The terminal flares to a triangular shape. The lower edge is slightly turned up, and has a serrated edge - three nicks to one side and four to the other side of a central notch. A neatly made brooch in fairly good condition, with just a few corrosion pits marring the grey-green surface.
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