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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy dolphin brooch, missing its lower bow, catchplate and pin and with one sent of coils bent at an angle.The wings are semi-circular in section with a span of 17mm. To the front is a small groove flanking either end whilst at the reverse is a double-pierced lug, with the thread passing over the spring. The spring has 9 coils, but is missing that which would have extended into the pin.The bow extends from the top of the wings, os oval in sectino, and has a narrowing moulding running some of its length, extending from the rearward lug. This has two tiny horizontal grooves at the top of the bow and an additional groove running down its centre. Where this peters out the catchplate extends to the rear - only a small stump now survives. The breaks are ancient.Incomplete length 29.5mm, weighs 4.45g.
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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