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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman bow and fantail brooch. Behind the flat rectangular wings is a semicylindrical moulding concealing a hinged pin mechanism. Inside the moulding is a copper-alloy axis bar. Only a fragment of the copper-alloy pin survives. Above the head are the remains of cast copper-alloy chain loop. The narrowed square sectioned curved bow expands at the head. The flat triangular is decorated with a broken back Celtic scroll pattern with a lozenge above it. None of the enamel remains. Behind the plate is an incomplete catchplate. The length of the brooch is 34.3mm, the width is 13.5mm and the weight is 4.46g. An almost identical brooch with the same decoration is in Hattatt, R. 1987, p.63, No.815 found in Owmby, Lincolnshire
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