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Description: | A cast copper alloy openwork harness fitting with enamel decoration, dating to the Iron Age. The object is a thick circular disc with two inverted tear-drop shaped openwork holes in the lower central area. Decoration consists of red and yellow enamel, including one smaller circular decoration with four swirling petal-shaped cells with alternating red and yellow. At the top of the decorated surface are four larger, sweeping cells with two yellow cells above two red ones. Along the outer edge of the object are strips of alternating red and yellow cells. There is a lug underneath, now broken, that would have curved back to a loop to attach the fitting to a strap. Overall the piece is very similar to Iron Age toggle fasteners but is too large and heavy for a dress fitting, so is presumably a piece of harness fitting instead.
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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