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Description: | A copper alloy T-shaped brooch with serrated edges. On the bow is a moulded ?face decoration. The eyes are large and recessed, they may have had inlaid enamel but no traces are present now. The bow tapers to the foot, any foot knob is broken off and missing but a horizontal ridge is present which usually precedes the foot knob). The spring has seven turns and is a forward-facing overhead chord hook - an external chord was brought forward and fed through a perforated lug on the head. The spring rests behind semi-circular wings (width 14.87mm) and is secured by an axis bar which is held in place by perforated lugs at the tips of the wings (these are only partially present). Part of the pin is broken off (length of remaining pin: 16.20mm) and missing and only a fragment of the catchplate is present.
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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