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Description: | Gilt copper alloy disc brooch. Wheel type with spokes and a central knop. The front of the brooch is flat with a raised lip and a concentric framing band set in from the edge around the applied knop and spokes. The central knop is cylindrical with a conical top and a circular knop set at the apex. It has been separately applied and the end of the attachement spike can be seen on the back of the brooch. . Around it are arranged five quarter-round solid spokes (also separately applied).The front of the brooch is gilded. The back of the brooch is flat and retains traces of tinning/silvering. At the back is the hinge point for the missing pin and the remnant of the catchplate for the same. Similar to Hattatt, 2000, p345, No 123 (applied knop only)
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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