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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy enamelled zoomorphic (Duck) brooch of early Roman date, probably 2nd Century AD (100 - 200 AD). The body of the brooch is sub-ovoid (egg) shape in plan, with a convex bowed or D shaped profile. The back of the brooch is concave and hollow. At the wider end there is an integral neck, which is solid, circular in cross-section and terminates with a very worn duck head. The beak is missing.The eyes of the duck are represented by two recessed dots that would have once been enamelled. The surface of the ducks back is very worn and pitted, and decorated with two rows of nine recessed cells flanking a central row of opposing triangular cells. There are seven triangles on each side, each containing red enamel. The flanking cells are roughly crescentric and become progressively smaller towards the tail end and curve towards the head-end. Every other crescent contains red enamel, whereas the cells between contain a very degraded yellowish enamel.The enamelled decoration terminates at the tip of the tail with an heart-shaped band filled with red enamel. Within the heart there are two small dots that are now void of enamel. There are possibly two further smaller crescents beyond this, however the surface is very worn and the detail is unclear. The entire perimeter of the body is defined by a small channel.There is an integral catchplate underneath the head of the duck, and a single pin lug at beneath the tail end. The copper alloy pin is 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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