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Description: | Copper alloy brooch of unusual hinged head form. Missing pin and foot with most of catchplate; almost all settings are empty. The tubular wings / hinge cover, diameter 5.5mm, contains an iron hinge bar. The 4mm thick rectangular section bow projects horizontally from the hinge and then turns through 90 degrees to form a gently curved profile. On the top there is a transverse recessed wavy rib. The bow front has a broad top with curved moulded terminals flanking a deep dot and ring motif, with traces of a yellow paste in the centre dot. The bow tapers sharply but expands to a 4-dot motif, and again around a dot and ring motif on the lower bow, coinciding with the top of the catchplate on the back. Throughout the bow is 4.5mm thick. Width 19mm, surviving length 46mm. The form is broadly similar to Hattatt's hinge headed type - Riha 1979 Typ 5.17 - but is unusually heavy and no close parallel exists in these sources.
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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