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Description: | Copper alloy dolphin brooch. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section. The wing ends are complete and pierced. There is a loop at the top of the bow containing a fragment of the spring. There is also a rearward hook securing the copper alloy spring. The wing faces are each decorated with two sets of vertically incised double lines. The bow is oval in cross-section and decorated with a central moulded rib and an incised linear perimeter. At the junction of the bow and the wings the bow is thickened beneath and almost circular. The bow tapers to the break. The catchplate and pin are missing.
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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