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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy chatelaine type brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is an elongated semi-circular shape and if symmetrical would have originally possessed five circular marginal lugs [three survive]. Two of the lugs are small and flat, but the third, which conceals the catchplate has two crescental cells which may have been filled with enamel. At the centre of the brooch is a circular raised hollow boss with rounded end knop. A circular groove surrounds this boss. The groove is filled with fragments of discoloured enamel. The boss itself is decorated with a six petalled flower motif, with each petal being a triangular cell. Remnants of alternating blue and red enamel remain in these cells. The remainder of the flat plate area is decorated with rows of triangular and semi-circular cells. The triangular cells are filled with degraded blue enamel. On the underside of the brooch, there are two semi-circular perforated lugs. These hold the axis bar and a fragment of the pin in place. The catchplate is semi-circular. The brooch measures 38mm in length and has a present width of 28mm.
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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